Trump Organization executive vice president Eric Trump on Friday condemned New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling that found his company and his family liable for more than $350 million in a civil fraud lawsuit. did.
Trump said his father, former President Donald Trump, revitalized and rebuilt much of New York City’s skyline when the city was struggling in the 1980s and 1990s.
“My father built the New York City skyline, and this is the gratitude he got for not doing anything wrong.”
One of the most famous examples is in 1976, when President Trump partnered with Hyatt Hotels to renovate the struggling Commodore next to Grand Central Terminal.
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He also feuded with then-Mayor Ed Koch in the 1980s over major projects such as the Wollman Rink in Central Park, claiming that Democrats “wouldn’t believe it if Donald’s tongue was notarized,” and that Mr. He derided the mayor’s position as unique in that it combines both. “It’s corrupt and incompetent.”
upon “Ingraham AngleEric Trump called his lawsuit “fraudulent” and said the lawsuit filed by New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James should have gone through the court’s commercial division, which would have allowed Engoron to be hidden. He claimed to have guessed that he was deaf.
“The best thing I ever did was get out of New York,” said Trump, who is now based in Jupiter, Florida.
He called the state and city a “hopeless place” and accused Engoron of bias against the Trump family before the trial officially began.
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“It was decided from the beginning… [Engoron]; hostility. My father looked terrible in court. I have never seen so much hatred in people’s eyes. ”
Mr. Trump, who is also the president of Trump Winery in Virginia, said the bank that underwrote the multimillion-dollar loan reviewed by Mr. James and Mr. Engoron was the victim of allegedly distorted real estate valuations by Mr. Trump. He emphasized that he had never claimed that.
He said German financial giant Deutsche Bank claimed that the Trumps repaid their debts on time and that the bank received millions of dollars in income from the family’s business.
“Each one [bank] We call ourselves platinum borrowers.never again [had] Default,” he said, pointing out that the real problem was with Mr. James, who vowed to be “really troublesome” to the then-president.
“We didn’t have a chance,” he said.
Trump also said the Trump Organization took care of all of its employees when the same New York City government shut down the state during the coronavirus pandemic, forcing service businesses to shut down. .
“Who do you think paid all the employees? Who do you think did the right thing all the time? Who do you think employs thousands of New Yorkers and puts food on the table for their families every day?” I think…” he said.
