Donald Trump Jr. at trial in New York on Nov. 2, 2023.Photo:Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Donald Trump Jr.had one request for the courtroom sketch artist illustrating his Thursday testimony in a Manhattan fraud trial: “Make me look sexy.”
Courtroom illustrator Jane Rosenberg toldReutersthat Don Jr., 45, made the request jokingly from the stand, referring to another recent sketch she had done — ofFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried— that he said made the former crypto billionaire look like “a rockstar.” (As Rosenberg toldInsider, however, the viral sketch of Bankman-Fried was actually “fake,” and the result of AI.)
Donald Trump Jr. during the New York civil trial on Nov. 2, 2023.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Donald Trump Jr., executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization, arrives at at New York State Supreme Court on Nov. 2, 2023.Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Don Jr. is executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization. His younger brother,Eric Trump— who is also an executive vice president of the Trump Organization — sat for testimony on Thursday, as well.
Meanwhile their sister,Ivanka Trump, lost her bid to avoid testifying, with a judge ruling that the former first daughter will have to take the stand, likely next week.
The former president himself is also expected to take the stand in the case next week.
Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Sr.Kris Connor/Getty Images
President Trump has denied that he or his company overvalued its properties, but in September, New York Judge Arthur Engoron issued a35-page rulingdeclaring that several properties were overvalued, including the members-only Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
So far, four of those investigations have led to indictments — the first one making himthe only U.S. president to face criminal charges, and the next two further distinguishing him asthe only president to face federal charges.
The former president has been indicted ona total of 91 criminal countsthis year between the four investigations, several of which come with recommended prison time.
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