Donald Trump Jr. testifies he never worked on the key documents in his father's civil fraud trial
Donald Trump Jr. testified Wednesday that he never worked on his father's financial statements, the documents at the heart of the civil fraud trial that threatens former President Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s real estate empire.
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The ex-president's eldest son is an executive vice president of the family's Trump Organization and has been a trustee of a trust set up to hold its assets when his father was in the White House. But when the son was asked whether he had ever worked on his father's 바카라 게임 웹사이트statement of financial condition바카라 게임 웹사이트 in any year, the scion said: 바카라 게임 웹사이트Not that I recall.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The lawsuit centers on whether the former president and his business misled banks and insurers by inflating his net worth on the financial statements. He and other defendants, including sons Donald Jr. and Eric, deny wrongdoing.
Donald Trump Jr. said he signed off on statements as a trustee, but had left the work to outside accountants and the company's then-finance chief, Allen Weisselberg.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I had an obligation to listen to the people with intimate knowledge of those things," he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트If they put something forward, I wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t working on the document, but if they tell me that it's accurate, based on their accounting assessment of all of the materials. ... These people had an incredible intimate knowledge, and I relied on it.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The first family member to testify, Donald Trump Jr. greeted the scene with a quip. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I should have worn makeup,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he jested as news photographers took his photo.
He seemed at ease as a lawyer for New York state asked him opening questions about his education and career at the family business. He made some lighthearted asides 바카라 게임 웹사이트 for instance, when asked whether he belonged to an accountants organization, he replied, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Sounds very exciting, but no.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The ex-president바카라 게임 웹사이트s eldest son is kicking off a blockbuster stretch as the trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James바카라 게임 웹사이트 lawsuit enters its second month.
James, a Democrat, alleges that Donald Trump, his company and top executives, including sons Eric and Donald Jr., conspired to exaggerate his wealth by billions of dollars on his financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to secure loans and make deals.
Eric Trump is expected to take the stand next. Then the former president, family patriarch and 2024 Republican front-runner is slated for Monday. State lawyers have also expected to call his eldest daughter, ex-Trump Organization executive and White House adviser Ivanka Trump, as their final witness on Nov. 8. On Wednesday, her lawyer filed an appeal challenging a judge바카라 게임 웹사이트s decision to require her testimony.
Both of the ex-president's eldest sons are executive vice presidents at the Trump Organization. Eric Trump has oversight over the company's operations, while his brother has been involved in running the company바카라 게임 웹사이트s property development.
Before the trial, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that the former president's financial statements were fraudulent. He ordered that a court-appointed receiver seize control of some of his companies 바카라 게임 웹사이트 potentially stripping him and his family of such marquee properties as Trump Tower 바카라 게임 웹사이트 though an appeals court has halted enforcement for now.
Like their father, both brothers have denied wrongdoing.
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Eric Trump has spent several days at the trial, often on the days his father has been there. He바카라 게임 웹사이트s commented sporadically, mostly on social media. On Oct. 5, he posted a video montage to Truth Social of James criticizing his father. With it, he wrote: 바카라 게임 웹사이트This is the corruption my father and our family is fighting! The system is weaponized, broken and disgusting!바카라 게임 웹사이트
Donald Trump Jr. hadn't been to court before Wednesday, but since testimony began Oct. 2, he바카라 게임 웹사이트s repeatedly denounced the case and Engoron as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트kangaroo court.바카라 게임 웹사이트 State law doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t allow for juries in this type of lawsuit, so Engoron will decide the case.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t matter what the rules are, it doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t matter what the Constitution says, it doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t matter what general practices and business would be,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Donald Trump Jr. said Monday on 온라인 바카라 게임max. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t matter. They have a narrative, they have an end goal, and they바카라 게임 웹사이트ll do whatever it takes to get there.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Donald Trump blasted Engoron Wednesday on Truth Social as a Trump-hating 바카라 게임 웹사이트political hack바카라 게임 웹사이트 who's 바카라 게임 웹사이트doing the dirty work for the Democrat Party.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the legal profession!바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump wrote in one of several posts.
Building up to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s testimony, state lawyers have asked other witnesses about their roles leading the Trump Organization and their involvement, over the years, in valuing their father바카라 게임 웹사이트s properties and preparing his financial statements. Their names have also appeared on various emails and documents entered into evidence.
David McArdle, an appraiser at commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, testified that Eric Trump had substantial input on valuing planned-but-never-built townhomes at a Trump-owned golf course in the New York City suburbs. McArdle said Eric Trump arrived at a 바카라 게임 웹사이트more lofty value바카라 게임 웹사이트 than he did for the project but that going with the scion바카라 게임 웹사이트s higher number wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t have been credible.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have already been heard from at the trial, albeit in snippets of prior testimony. During opening statements on Oct. 2, state lawyers showed about a minute each from sworn depositions the brothers gave in the case.
In his July 2022 clip, Donald Trump Jr. testified about his scant knowledge of the accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which state lawyers say were used at times and disregarded at others in preparing Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s financial statements.
Trump Jr., who's never been an accountant, said he couldn't recall having to use the GAAP standards in his work. He got a laugh out of a state lawyer when he said he'd learned about them 바카라 게임 웹사이트probably in Accounting 101 at Wharton" but didn't remember much other than that they were 바카라 게임 웹사이트generally accepted.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In his March 2023 deposition, Eric Trump testified, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t think I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve had any involvement in the Statement of Financial Condition, to the best of my knowledge.바카라 게임 웹사이트 He appeared to minimize his role as a top company executive, testifying that he tried to remain 바카라 게임 웹사이트siloed into the things I care and are passionate about" while sharing management responsibilities with his brother.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a construction, concrete and on-the-ground operations guy,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Eric Trump said, according to a deposition transcript posted on the case docket.
Questioned at another point about decision-making earlier in his career, Eric Trump said: 바카라 게임 웹사이트I pour concrete. I operate properties. I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t focus on appraisals between a law firm and Cushman. This is just not what I do in my day-to-day responsibilities.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Donald Trump attended the trial바카라 게임 웹사이트s first three days in early October and showed up again for four days in the past two weeks, but his campaign schedule suggests it바카라 게임 웹사이트s unlikely he'll return to see his sons testify.
In his past appearances, Trump groused to TV cameras outside court, calling the case a 바카라 게임 웹사이트sham,바카라 게임 웹사이트 a 바카라 게임 웹사이트scam,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.바카라 게임 웹사이트 He also angered the judge twice, incurring $15,000 in fines for violating a limited gag order with comments about a member of the court staff.