Eric Trump Denies Knowing About Donald Trump Financial Statements During Fraud Trial Testimony But Emails Say Otherwise

It was Eric Trump's turn to take the stand after his brother Donald Trump Jr. testified yesterday. Much like Don Jr., he also denied knowing anything about their father inflating his assets for his financial statements. He said this under oath during the Donald Trump fraud trial in New York, though it was pointed out that evidence contradicted his testimony, which may mean that Eric Trump might have been caught lying under oath.

"We're a major organization, a massive real estate organization - yes, I'm fairly sure I understand that we have financial statements. Absolutely," said Eric Trump while on the stand, "I had no involvement and never worked on my father's statement of financial condition."

However, as the Associated Press pointed out, when he was presented a decade-old email and prosecutors asked him for information regarding this, the younger Trump son was shown to be quite irritated.

When confronted about the fact that a Trump Organization executive testified that Eric Trump was on a video call regarding his father, Donald Trump's financial statement as recently as 2021, he said he could not remember such a conversation, explaining, "I'm on a thousand calls a day."

Donald Trump himself was not present as his two adult sons took to the stand, but he did complain about it on social media, writing, "So sad to see my sons being PERSECUTED in a political Witch Hunt."

Despite the president claiming that the trial is a "political witch hunt" against him, his attorneys have yet to disprove any evidence of fraud that he cooked the books at the Trump Organization. An expert witness brought in by New York AG Letitia James testified that the company saved $168 million thanks to the loan rates obtained by presenting the fraudulent Trump financial statements which witnesses, including Trump Organization officials, say that Trump cooked himself.

Eric Trump Gets Grilled About Contradictions During the Donald Trump Fraud Trial

The Trump Organization executive who testified that Eric Trump directed him to make certain decisions that led to getting several Trump assets' values inflated was Trump Organization Controller Jeff McConney, who is one of the co-defendants in the case.

"I clearly understand that I sent notes to Jeff McConney. I worked with him almost every day," Eric testified. He then added that whether these financial statements were for personal use was irrelevant to him.

However, Assistant Attorney General Andrew Amer, who was cross-examining him, pushed the younger Trump son to acknowledge he testified incorrectly in his deposition earlier this year.

According to CNN, Eric Trump stated under oath that he was not involved in the appraisal process for Briarcliff Manor. He stood by that prior testimony despite being contradicted by another Trump Organization official.

Don Jr. Also Could Not Recall Working on Father's Financial Statements During Donald Trump Fraud Trial

During his testimony, Don Jr. stated that he was just a simple "real estate broker" as he took the stand before Eric, saying that he knew nothing about basic accounting principles. However, he was grilled about disgraced Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg.

Weisselberg pleaded guilty to grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records last year and is not with the company anymore.

In his testimony, Don Jr. vaguely referenced Weisselberg's "legal issues" and said that he got himself into it, distancing himself from a man who had been loyal to his family for much of his life.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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