Eric Trump lashes out at prosecutor after testifying in his father's fraud trial
Speaking to reporters outside the New York City courthouse after he testified in his father's business fraud trial, Eric Trump lashed out at New York Attorney General Letitia James Friday, saying her civil suit targeting Donald Trump and his business empire is "absolutely insane," Politico reported.
"We have one of the greatest companies anywhere in the world. We employ thousands of New Yorkers. These people, they make their living relying on us! They feed their families, relying on us! We’ve never missed a note. We’ve never missed a payment. We’ve never defaulted on a loan. We’ve got some of the greatest properties in the world," Trump said.
He went on to say that James plays politics "with everything."
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"She effectively went after the last governor and threw him out of office, because you want to run that you got 2% in the polls. All of you saw that. She’s come after my father ruthlessly," Trump said.
Trump added that there are "people getting shot in the streets" because New York City is "going to hell" and James should "go out and fight for the little guys as opposed to trying to be an advocate of Deutsche Bank who literally loves us, who said we have done absolutely nothing wrong and we were great lenders and we’ve made them hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, and every project that we’ve ever done with them has been a massive success."
"But she’s using a broken system. She’s using a rigged system. And it’s very, very sad. And I know the truth will come out in the end."
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He went on, Right now, make no mistake about it, maybe through your very lenses, the entire world is watching this and they’re laughing about what’s going on. The entire state of Florida right now, when they value a property like Mar-a-Lago at $18 million, is laughing, is laughing at New York State and laughing at New York state attorney general and laughing at, quite frankly, a court system.
"Guys, we deserve better than this. Let’s get the murderers off the street. Let’s take care of the crime. Let’s rebuild our infrastructure. Everywhere you drive in New York, you hit a pothole and your car gets destroyed.