Tag: Trump, Donald J Jr

Spare Us Lara Trump

Well, that was fast! Donald Trump is not yet the Republican nominee for president, but already we’re witnessing a resurgence of the in-your-face nepotism that brought us last decade’s cringe-worthy reality show: Javanka in the West Wing. Like so much about Trump 2.0, this round of packing institutions with puppets is looking even dingier and […]

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Matt Rosendale Enters Montana Senate Race, Kicking Off Republican Fight

Former President Donald J. Trump endorsed Tim Sheehy for the Republican Senate nomination in Montana on Friday, putting his powerful imprimatur on the primary race the same day that one of his longtime allies, Representative Matt Rosendale, announced his campaign. Mr. Trump and Mr. Rosendale had campaigned together in 2018, when Mr. Rosendale’s first attempt […]

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Donald Trump Jr. Testifies Family Properties Show His Father’s Brilliance

Donald J. Trump’s signature properties are at the heart of a sweeping civil fraud case accusing him of manipulating their values and his net worth. To hear the former president’s eldest son tell it, those properties prove something far rosier: the brilliance of the Trump family business. Trump Tower, Donald Trump Jr. declared on the […]

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Trump Family Trial Style

The New York attorney general’s office has finished presenting its case in the civil fraud trial of former President Donald J. Trump. The first act of the first episode in the extended series known as the Trump lawsuits has come to an end. (The defense begins next week, and four more criminal cases are pending.) […]

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What to Know About Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial

Donald J. Trump’s trial will continue Monday in a New York courtroom with him on the witness stand, part of a proceeding that threatens the business empire that underpins his public persona and that fostered his run for the White House. The trial stems from a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, […]

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Donald Trump Jr. Testifies at Civil Fraud Trial in New York

Donald Trump Jr. testified on Wednesday that he had no involvement in annual financial statements that his family’s business gave banks and insurers despite language in the statements themselves suggesting that he was partially responsible for them. His contention, which came during the trial of a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney […]

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Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump Are Set to Take Stand at Fraud Trial

In January 2017, just days before taking office, President-elect Donald J. Trump announced a couple of promotions. “My two sons — who are right here, Don and Eric — are going to be running the company,” he told a group of reporters. “They are going to be running it in a very professional manner.” Nearly […]

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Trump’s Children Are Set to Take the Stand at His Fraud Trial This Week

Former President Donald J. Trump will testify early next month in a trial that threatens the business empire that is the foundation of his public persona and informed his run for the White House. It stems from a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, which accuses Mr. Trump and other defendants, including […]

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Trump Family Members Set to Testify at Civil Fraud Trial Next Week

Members of the Trump family are scheduled to testify starting next week at a civil fraud trial in Manhattan, beginning with Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday and concluding on Nov. 6 with former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump and his adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, are defendants in the case, which was brought […]

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Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With Attacks on Attorney General and Judge

The trials of Donald J. Trump began Monday in a New York courtroom, where the former president made an appearance to fight the first of several government actions against him — a civil case that imperils his company and threatens his image as a master of the business world. The case, brought by Letitia James, […]

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Trump’s Lawyers Struggle to Grasp the Impact of Fraud Ruling

Lawyers for Donald J. Trump appeared in a New York courtroom Wednesday morning, struggling to understand the consequences of a ruling a judge had issued the night before that dealt a serious blow to the former president’s business empire. The ruling, which found that Mr. Trump had inflated the value of his holdings to win […]

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