Eric Trump testifies he wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t aware of dad바카라 게임 웹사이트s financial statements, but emails show some involvement
Eric Trump, one of two sons entrusted to run Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s real estate empire, swore Thursday that he never involved himself with financial statements that state lawyers say fraudulently puffed up the ex-president바카라 게임 웹사이트s wealth and the worth of the family business.
But when a lawyer for New York state lawyer pulled up decade-old emails in which a fellow Trump Organization executive asked him for information needed to complete one of his dad바카라 게임 웹사이트s financial statements, the irritated son strove to clarify.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We바카라 게임 웹사이트re a major organization, a massive real estate organization 바카라 게임 웹사이트 yes, I바카라 게임 웹사이트m fairly sure I understand that we have financial statements. Absolutely,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Eric Trump testified. But, he insisted: 바카라 게임 웹사이트I had no involvement and never worked on my father바카라 게임 웹사이트s statement of financial condition.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Eric Trump followed brother Donald Trump Jr. to the witness stand Thursday at the family바카라 게임 웹사이트s New York , a prelude to their father바카라 게임 웹사이트s scheduled testimony on Monday. Both sons are Trump Organization executive vice presidents.
Answering questions for a second day, Trump Jr. also revealed that gaming giant Bally바카라 게임 웹사이트s recently paid their company $60 million to buy the right to operate a public golf course in New York City. The terms of the lease transfer for the former Trump Golf Links Ferry Point in the Bronx hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t previously been disclosed.
The sale came after the city strove to end Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s association with the course after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The company managed the 18-hole course, now called Bally바카라 게임 웹사이트s Golf Links at Ferry Point, until this year.
Video below: Donald Trump Jr. makes comments outside courtroom during Trump fraud trial
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Donald Trump, his company and top executives including Eric and Donald Jr., accusing them of inflating the ex-president's net worth on annual financial statements that were given to banks, insurers and others to secure loans and make deals.
The former president and other defendants deny wrongdoing.
Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, reiterated on his Truth Social platform Thursday that he sees the trial as 바카라 게임 웹사이트RIGGED,바카라 게임 웹사이트 a 바카라 게임 웹사이트Miscarriage of Justice,바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트Election Interference.바카라 게임 웹사이트 James and the judge who will decide the case, Arthur Engoron, are Democrats.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The Trump Organization is Financially Strong, Powerful, Very Liquid, AND HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump wrote.
Eric Trump, as he started his testimony, said he 바카라 게임 웹사이트never had anything to do with the statement of financial condition,바카라 게임 웹사이트 didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t believe he바카라 게임 웹사이트d ever seen one and 바카라 게임 웹사이트didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t know anything about it, really, until this case came into fruition.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not what I did for the company,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said the son, who has insisted his interests lie mainly in 바카라 게임 웹사이트pouring concrete바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트 constructing and operating properties. He said that while he knew the company had financial documents, he 바카라 게임 웹사이트was not personally aware of the statement of financial condition.바카라 게임 웹사이트
State lawyer Andrew Amer then showed him 2013 emails from then-Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney who explained to Eric Trump that he was 바카라 게임 웹사이트working on your father바카라 게임 웹사이트s statement of financial condition바카라 게임 웹사이트 and needed information on one of the company바카라 게임 웹사이트s properties.
바카라 게임 웹사이트So you did know about your father바카라 게임 웹사이트s annual financial statement as of August 2013?바카라 게임 웹사이트 Amer asked.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It appears that way,바카라 게임 웹사이트 testified Eric Trump, who was a lower-level executive at the time.
In another email that year, McConney said he was 바카라 게임 웹사이트working on the notes to Mr. Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s annual financial statement바카라 게임 웹사이트 and asked Eric and others for an update on any major construction work that had recently been started.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Yes, I know Jeff McConney does financial statements for my father,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Eric Trump said, shifting back in his chair and adjusting his suit jacket. Asked a question along the same line, he sprang into his answer about the company being a "massive real estate organization," his voice rising as he spoke.
testified earlier Thursday that, despite James' allegations, he still believed his father바카라 게임 웹사이트s financial statements were 바카라 게임 웹사이트materially accurate.바카라 게임 웹사이트 His father has said that, if anything, the numbers listed on the documents low-balled his wealth and the value of his skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties.
Echoing his testimony of Wednesday, Trump Jr. insisted he dealt with the financial statements only in passing 바카라 게임 웹사이트 signing off on them as a trustee for his father바카라 게임 웹사이트s trust and providing them to lenders to comply with loan requirements. He reiterated that he did so while relying on assurances from company finance executives and an outside accounting firm that the information was accurate.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If they assured me in their expert opinion that these things were fine, I would바카라 게임 웹사이트ve been fine with that and signed off accordingly,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he testified.
Outside the courthouse, Trump Jr. told reporters he thought his testimony went 바카라 게임 웹사이트really well, if we were actually dealing with logic and reason, the way business is conducted.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트Unfortunately, the attorney general has brought forth a case that is purely a political persecution,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트s a truly scary precedent for New York for me, for example, before even having a day in court, I바카라 게임 웹사이트m apparently guilty of fraud for relying on my accountants to do, wait for it: accounting."