Trump attorneys will duck questioning Don Jr. to avoid 'further damage': legal expert

Donald Trump Jr. is headed back to the witness stand again on Thursday as part of the $250 million civil case filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James — but he is not expected to face any questions from his attorneys and attorneys representing his father Donald Trump.

During an appearance on CNN just before the trial was slated to commence, legal analyst Shan Wu suggested that was a good strategy, as the former president's son could inadvertently help the prosecution's case.

CNN host Kate Bolduan asked, "I think we heard that his attorneys — Don Jr's attorneys, Trump's attorneys — all the attorneys working for the Trumps are not questioning Don Jr. Why wouldn't you?"

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"Because you don't want to create an opportunity for further damage. He's basically distancing himself entirely from any knowledge, I'd say note to self: don't put him in charge of your business if he runs things that way," Wu joked. "A graduate of Wharton who says he doesn't understand basic accounting things — so you don't want to put him up there and do any further damage; you want to isolate him the way he is."

"And, ideally he's presented as being irrelevant really to the case and probably everyone is going to take that position," he elaborated. "So ultimately you put the judge in an interesting spot which is the judge already determined there is liability here. The question is how much. Yet everyone is going to be saying we don't know what was really going on, so who did know?"

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