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Donald Trump Jr. returned to the stand in court in Manhattan on Monday – this time to defend his father’s real estate company in the $250 million civil fraud case. The former president’s eldest son bragged that his father at the Trump Organization highlighted the “sexiness within a real estate project” when defending the ex-president’s actions.
Donald Trump and his two adult sons, who serve as co-executive vice president of the Trump Organization, are accused of inflating the ex-president’s net worth by $2.2 billion.
Don Jr. took the stand Monday as part of the defense case to answer questions about his father’s family real estate business. During his testimony, Trump Jr. claimed that the business empire his father started is “visionary.”
Earlier this month, Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump called to testify by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump also appeared to take a stand last week. Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and former White House adviser, also testified last Wednesday but is not a defendant in the case.
The case is one of many facing the ex-president as he runs for another term in the White House. Trump is the furthest frontrunner for the Republican nomination. The lawsuit against Trump was filed by New York AG James and seeks damages of at least $250 million. It could also implement restrictions that Trump, Don Jr. and effectively banning Eric from the New York real estate industry.
The trio of Trump men have denied wrongdoing. Meanwhile, the former president accused James, an elected Democrat, and Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the case, of political bias and “election interference.”
James is attending the hearings and faced Don Jr. on Monday. photographed in court. Don Jr. was the first person questioned by the lawyers representing himself, his brother and his father – as well as other defendants.
A New York State attorney will also question him during cross-examination. After taking the stand today, Don Jr. is expected to return Tuesday to answer more questions. In addition, the plaintiff plans to call a tax attorney to testify as a state witness.
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