Donald Trump’s son Eric turned testy on the witness stand on Thursday as he sparred with a lawyer for the New York attorney-general about his knowledge of the financial statements at the heart of a civil fraud case against his family.
Andrew Amer, a lawyer for New York attorney-general Letitia James, repeatedly pressed Eric Trump to admit that he was aware of the annual “statement of financial condition” outlining his father’s wealth and used by the Trump Organization in its business dealings.
Yet Eric Trump denied awareness of the report — even when confronted with a series of emails in which subordinates asked him for information to help prepare it. After more than an hour of questioning by Amer, in which they circled the same topic, the witness appeared to grow flustered.