'There were gotcha moments': Reporter says Eric Trump melted down in the courtroom
Eric Trump's testimony on the stand at the Trumps' civil fraud trial in New York did not go well at all, said reporter Adam Reiss on MSNBC Friday evening.
In fact, he argued, it went far worse than the testimony from Donald Trump Jr., as he was confronted with documents that contradicted what he was saying.
"I'm going to ask you this up front," said anchor Jason Johnson. "This is the thing that gets me about some of these trials, certainly with Eric ... what is he attempting to do here? Because it seems like he doesn't understand that he's already been found guilty. It seems like he's trying to relitigate something that's already been taken care of."
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"You're right, Jason," agreed Reiss. "It really has been sort of a tale of two brothers. Eric being one of them, Don Jr. the other. Don Jr., 45 years old, the elder brother. Much more comfortable on the stand. Amiable, cracking jokes with the judge. Having a banter with the prosecutor. But sticking to his story, which is he relied on the attorneys and the accountants and his CPA, but as you mention, Eric is an entirely different story. Eric's testimony lasted two days, very fraught, very contentious. He doesn't remember a lot of things. He says, you know, I pour concrete. I am a developer. I'm a real estate guy. I am way, way above all of these intricate details of the finances."
However, before long, Reiss said, "he really got caught up in the details. And in the evidence. The documents, the emails, the signatures. His signature is on so many documents."
"And there were gotcha moments," Reiss continued. "He changed his story numerous times. First he didn't know about the statements of financial condition. Then he said, well, maybe there were some, but I really didn't have anything to do with it. Then at the end, he said you know what, yes, that does look familiar. But it really underestimates my father's wealth. He and his brother walked out of the courtroom, both of them thumbs up. But I must say, the judge is probably going to give them a thumbs down."
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