NOTE: We’ve replaced the partial video with the complete clip from CNN.

Via City Desk, today Marion Barry took to CNN to defend himself against recent allegations involving former girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt and the brewing investigation into allegations that he funneled earmarks to organizations under his control. In a spirited seven-minute exchange with CNN anchor Carol Costello (only a short part is included in the video above, we’ll update if we can get the entire interview later), Barry does what he has always done best — blame other people for his own troubles. Whether the July 4 stalking arrest or the 1991 crack-cocaine bust, Barry never owns up to having done much wrong. Even in the one instance where Barry takes responsibility for his actions — not paying his taxes — he still manages to diminish his own culpability by claiming that lots of other Americans also don’t pay their taxes. Bu then there’s the interview closer, where Barry coats himself in political equivalent of Teflon: “…[F]or anything else that has happened to me, it was the result of other people, enemies, conservative Republicans or anyone else doing this to me.”