Two of Donald Trump’s sons took the stand to deny their role in company fraud this week, and the court in New York saw some combative exchanges and even a few humorous moments.
New York Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that brothers Eric and Donald Jr, their father and other Trump Organization executives inflated company assets to secure favourable loans, but the months-long trial will determine the penalties the defendants will face.
Although Eric and Donald Trump Jr arrived in New York court this week clad in nearly identical blue suits and ties, their demeanours on the stand were very different.
The tension was palpable within the first few minutes of his testimony on Friday, when the attorney general’s team pressed him repeatedly on whether he remembered a call from years ago about the state’s fraud investigation.
That strategy seemed less effective for Eric Trump, as prosecutors pulled up emails that indicated he had agreed in the past to provide financial information about properties to help with his father’s annual statements.
And shortly after proceedings closed on Friday, Mr Engoron expanded a gag order on Donald Trump that prevents him from speaking about court staff so that it applied to his lawyers too.
The original article contains 712 words, the summary contains 204 words. Saved 71%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Two of Donald Trump’s sons took the stand to deny their role in company fraud this week, and the court in New York saw some combative exchanges and even a few humorous moments.
New York Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that brothers Eric and Donald Jr, their father and other Trump Organization executives inflated company assets to secure favourable loans, but the months-long trial will determine the penalties the defendants will face.
Although Eric and Donald Trump Jr arrived in New York court this week clad in nearly identical blue suits and ties, their demeanours on the stand were very different.
The tension was palpable within the first few minutes of his testimony on Friday, when the attorney general’s team pressed him repeatedly on whether he remembered a call from years ago about the state’s fraud investigation.
That strategy seemed less effective for Eric Trump, as prosecutors pulled up emails that indicated he had agreed in the past to provide financial information about properties to help with his father’s annual statements.
And shortly after proceedings closed on Friday, Mr Engoron expanded a gag order on Donald Trump that prevents him from speaking about court staff so that it applied to his lawyers too.
The original article contains 712 words, the summary contains 204 words. Saved 71%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!