N.Y. Attorney General James: Don Trump Jr. promoted Trump Org. however didn’t refute fraud claims
New York Attorney General Letitia James says Donald Trump Jr. didn’t supply any testimony to rebut her fraud claims, because the protection began to current its case within the civil trial that accuses the Trump household of submitting fraudulent monetary statements to lenders.
Ms. James responded after Mr. Trump Jr. used his second stint on the witness stand to advertise the Trump Organization as a storied firm with prized belongings that, if something, have been undervalued and appealed to banks.
The lawyer basic mentioned his Monday testimony tried to distract the court docket from proof that alleges former President Donald Trump and his oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, misled banks to realize favorable phrases on loans, resembling paying decrease charges of curiosity.
“Rather than respond to any legal claim against him and his family, or address the substantial evidence against him, Donald Trump Jr. spent his entire time on the stand talking through pictures of Trump properties,” she mentioned in a social media video. “The defendant still did not make a single point to refute our case against them.”
“This is a courtroom, not a boardroom,” Ms. James mentioned.
The Trump household says banks fortunately did enterprise with their firm and made cash within the course of.
Mr. Trump, writing on his Truth Social platform Tuesday, accused Ms. James of “smirking all day long from her seat in Court, as New York continues to set records in murder and other violent crimes, and businesses flee to other States.”
“You have a (Trump Hating!) Attorney General who’s seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages when not a single penny was lost by these banks,” Mr. Trump wrote.
Mr. Trump additionally reposted a web-based message that mentioned Ms. James and Judge Arthur Engoron — who will resolve whether or not the Trump Organization is liable and should pay penalties — ought to be positioned beneath residents’ arrest.
The decide issued a gag order limiting Mr. Trump from criticizing court docket workers, although it was primarily crafted to guard his regulation clerk.
Judge Engoron didn’t tackle the web submit from Mr. Trump when the trial convened early Tuesday, in line with ABC News.
