Donald Trump Jr. is expected to arrive in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday to testify in the $250 million civil fraud trial against his family and company, as the former president warned the judge to “leave my children alone.” .
Don. Jr’s appearance will likely be followed in the coming days by testimony from two of his brothers and even former President Donald Trump.
Trump went on Truth Social early Wednesday before his son’s testimony to criticize the “rigged trial” and tell Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to “leave my children alone.”
In his 2:30 a.m. speech, Trump insisted that he is the victim since his former lawyer Michael Cohen admitted he lied while testifying last week. The former president maintained that he did not tell Cohen that he inflated the values of his financial statements before calling the lawsuit a “hoax” and a “sham case” and saying it should be dismissed.
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump, 77, his two oldest children and the Trump Organization for allegedly inflating the former president’s assets over the years by billions to gain an advantage in loans and insurance. .
The Trump quartet are expected to be called as witnesses in the case: Eric Trump is expected to testify on Thursday, the former president on Monday and Ivanka Trump on November 8.
Ivanka, 41, a businesswoman and mother of three who was previously executive vice president of the family’s real estate empire, had been charged in the case but was dismissed after an appeals court found that her testimony was not time-barred.
However, despite efforts by Ivanka’s lawyers to not have her testify, Engoron said she had to physically appear in court in lower Manhattan to be questioned under oath.
Don Jr. and Eric still serve as executive vice presidents of the Trump Org and will presumably be questioned by AG lawyers about the extent of their involvement in helping their father grow his assets for about a decade.
Don Jr.’s testimony is expected to be followed by that of Eric Trump, that of his father and then that of Ivanka Trump.Steven Hirsch
The 2024 presidential hopeful and Eric appeared in court several days during the trial. Defendants in civil cases are not required to appear in court as they would be in a criminal case.
Donald Trump and Eric have been in court for several days during the ongoing trial. JC Rice
In a dramatic courtroom scene last week, Trump looked down and glared at Cohen, his former “fixer” and personal lawyer.
Cohen, 57, testified against his boss claiming that Trump, speaking “like a mob boss,” strongly implied that Cohen and Trump’s former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, increased Trump’s assets to reach the estate. net desired by Trump.
“He tells you what he wants without specifically telling you,” Cohen said. “We understood what he wanted.”
In a surprise turn of events Wednesday, Trump was briefly called to the stand to answer Engoron’s questions about whether Trump violated the judge’s limited gag order barring the real estate mogul from talking about court staff.
After the brief hearing, Engoron fined Trump $10,000 and found that he had violated the order by mentioning his judicial clerk, whom Trump had previously attacked on his Truth Social platform, prompting the gag order in the first place.
The trial has led protesters to appear in court with anti-Trump signs.Matthew McDermott
Trump was fined $5,000 two weeks ago for violating the order.
Later Wednesday, after receiving a ticket, Trump stormed out of the courtroom before muttering “unbelievable.”
Trump has repeatedly denied the accusations he faces and has accused the judge and the attorney general (who has attended much of the trial) of conducting a political witch hunt against him.
Testimony is also expected Wednesday from David Orowitz, who was senior vice president of acquisitions and development at the Trump Organization.
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