Eric Trump on Friday denounced the nearly $355 million fine imposed on his father, former President Trump, by New York Judge Arthur Engoron in a civil fraud trial as “terribly sad.”
“My father built the New York City skyline. And is this not a financial loss, but the gratitude he gets for not doing anything wrong at all? Quite the contrary, hundreds of millions There will be economic benefits in the amount of dollars,” the young Trump said. said on Friday evening on FOX News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
“All the witnesses testified that we had nothing to do with this. They went in and saw one after another, and this is not what they did at the company. This man “It didn’t matter to him. You know, we were trophies on the wall for this guy,” he added. “This is New York state.”
Eric Trump’s Empire State reprimand ordered to pay more than $355 million after former president conspired to inflate and deflate net worth to receive tax and insurance benefits It was done a few hours later. Before the months-long trial began, Engoron had already defrauded President Trump and top Trump executives, including Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. was found to be responsible.
The verdict is less than the $370 million requested by Democratic Attorney General Letitia James. But once interest is applied, the penalty could reach about $450 million, officials said.
Trump’s two adult sons were ordered to pay more than $4 million each and were barred from holding top corporate jobs in the state for up to two years. The former president was suspended for three years.
Eric Trump echoed his father’s assertion that the lawsuit was political from the beginning and slammed state leaders.
“I warn anyone, even if you’re thinking of moving to New York, be careful. This is not the state my father grew up in. This is not the state we grew up in,” Guest said. He told host Jeanine Pirro. “This is the end of a politically weaponized system. And that’s terribly sad.”
“New York is a hopeless place at the moment. It’s so sad. This judge ruled against my father before we even went to trial. He ruled against our entire family. “We did. That was decided from the beginning,” he added. “This wasn’t supposed to happen in that courtroom. It was supposed to be in the commercial department. They never allowed it to get there.”
The younger Trump also vowed to appeal the decision, calling it “terrible.”
“I promise you we will reverse it,” he said.
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