Next to the former American president Donald TrumpThree of his children will have to testify from this Wednesday in the civil trial taking place in New York financial fraud that threatens his real estate empire.

Donald Trump Jr. will take the stand in a New York court on Wednesday, but the former president will not be coming to the Big Apple to support his son.

If all goes as planned, The family clan parade begins Wednesday with Donald Trump Jr., 45, and continues Thursday with Eric Trump, 39.

Both are executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization, a conglomerate of numerous companies that manage residential and office skyscrapers, luxury hotels and golf courses around the world.

Like their father, they are accused by the New York State Attorney General, the equivalent of the Attorney General Letitia James, to inflate the group’s assets by millions of dollars to obtain more favorable bank loans and better insurance conditions.

If the judge sticks to the calendar, 77-year-old Donald Trump Sr. will be questioned on Monday, one year less a day before the presidential election on November 5, 2024, which he hopes to run to return to the presidency of the United States. Joined.

In a Truth post early Wednesday morning, Trump demanded the case be dismissed and reiterated that he had never inflated the value of his properties.

In a second post on Wednesday morning, Trump wrote: Judge Engoron is a corrupt politician who ruled against me before the trial even began. “He does the dirty work for the Democratic Party.”

Ivanka Trump, who left the Trump Organization in 2017 to join the White House as an adviser to the 45th president of the United States, follows two days later, although she has not been charged.

Fines

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump have long been associated with the family business and are also staunch political allies of the former US president, an unwavering loyalty they demonstrate daily in the media and on social networks.

They are not expected to deviate from the line the defense has set since the trial began a month ago.

Lawyers argue that the valuation of the group’s assets, such as the Trump Tower and the 40 Wall Street building, was subjective but fair, and that the banks did not lose a single dollar by lending money to the Trump Organization.

For his part, Donald Trump denounces an “unfair” trial, carried out by a “corrupt” prosecutor, Letitia James, and a “rogue judge,” Arthur Engoron, at the expense of Democrats, to prevent him from returning to the White House. House.

The favorite in the polls for the Republican primaries, who is regularly present at the hearings, transforms each of his comings and goings through the corridors of the court into a mini press conference and poses as the victim of a judicial machination, as in the other four cases in court. facing criminal charges, in particular for attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

On several occasions, judges have banned him from speaking about court staff or even witnesses to avoid pressure. In New York, Judge Engoron imposed two fines of $5,000 and $10,000, which he has already paid in full, for assaulting the clerk.

His presence at the hearings is also a sign of the importance that Donald Trump attaches to the case. Although he will not face prison time, the trial continues It could result in the loss of control over some of his real estate, in addition to a $250 million fine and a ban from operating businesses in New York. (JO)