Trump deposed in lawsuit against celebrity chef
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President-elect Donald Trump gave a videotaped deposition Thursday stemming from a lawsuit he filed after a celebrity chef backed out of plans to open at a restaurant at one of his hotels.
Trump Organization lawyer Alan Garten says the deposition lasted about an hour and was "routine."
It's rare for a president or president-elect to be deposed. It happened most recently to Bill Clinton in 1998 during the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit.
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Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Ulysses Grant are the only other sitting presidents to face a deposition.
Trump sued Jose Andres after the chef cancelled plans to open a Spanish-themed restaurant at a new Washington hotel after Trump's inflammatory comments about Mexicans during the campaign.
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