Donald Trump Jr's expected return to the stand in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday as the first witness in defense of the Trump Organization caught up in a $250 million fraud trial was dismissed as a waste of time by a former U.S. Attorney.
Appearing on MSNBC, former prosecutor Barbara McQuade was asked what Donald Trump's oldest son will have to offer as he appears before Judge Arthur Engoron on Monday, and the ex-U.S. Attorney claimed it would be close to worthless because of his testimony last week when he was grilled by the prosecution.
"Well, it's really interesting," she told MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin. "One is because this is now the direct testimony, they can provide the narrative they want to tell: they are not simply responding and reacting to questions by the attorney general, this is going on the offensive and providing the narrative they want to."
"But I think it's going to be very difficult for Donald Trump Jr. to really have a lot of credibility here," she quickly added. "His whole strategy, when he testified previously, was to distance himself from knowledge about these things. That it was all about the accountants, I don't really pay much attention to this, sure, maybe I signed off on these things."
"But remember, he gave that press conference at the end of his testimony where he said 'I relied on accountants to do, wait for it, accounting,'" she continued. "It's going to be difficult for him, I think, to now say anything with any authority, other than to repeat what he's already said."
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