In this courtroom sketch, Eric Trump testifies during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters Assistant Attorney General Andrew Amer’s examination of Eric Trump grew tense Thursday as the son of the former president grew visibly agitated when pressed about his understanding of his father’s financial…
When Donald Trump Jr. took the stand Wednesday afternoon, Assistant Attorney General Colleen Faherty spent her first hour of questions walking through the roles and responsibilities the former president’s son had at the Trump Organization and as a trustee to his father’s revocable trust formed when he entered the White House. Faherty went through Trump Jr.’s progression through the Trump Organization since…
Michael Cohen arrives at the New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Michael Cohen began his testimony with questions from Colleen Faherty of the New York attorney general’s office about the crimes he pleaded guilty to in 2018, including tax crimes, campaign violations and lying to Congress. Cohen gave a lengthy answer…
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Judge Arthur Engoron sits before Tuesday’s proceedings. Dave Sanders/Pool/AP Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. “This morning one of the defendants posted on social media account a disparaging untrue and personally…
Trump speaks to the media before entering the courtroom on Tuesday, October 3. Seth Wenig/AP Before former President Donald Trump appeared in court Tuesday for the second day of his civil fraud trial in New York, he claimed on social media that it has now “been agreed in Court that Mar-a-Lago is WORTH 50 to 100 times…