Donald Trump Jr

Former US President claimed he was ‘an innocent man’ and was ‘being persecuted by someone running for office’

Both sides highlighted their takeaways from the trial in court filings ahead of closing arguments, set for Thursday. Trump is expected to attend

They cited his rulings against their client as well as the prominent role played by the judge’s chief law clerk

He spent more than an hour narrating a slideshow titled ‘The Trump Story,’ complete with a timeline of the company’s evolution and photographs of golf courses, hotels and other projects

Before leaving the company to go to the White House, Ivanka Trump was the point person in establishing a lending relationship with Deutsche Bank’s private wealth management arm

From the stand, the former president lashed out at both the judge and New York’s attorney general and said that, in general, he felt that his assets were undervalued on his financial statements

Donald Trump’s son was pressed about what steps he took to verify information before signing documents certifying to lender Deutsche Bank that his father’s financial statements were correct

His brother Donald Trump Jr. testified Thursday at the family’s New York civil fraud trial, a prelude to their father’s scheduled testimony on Monday

State lawyers have asked other witnesses about the former President’s sons and daughter role in valuing their father’s properties and preparing his fraudulent financial statements

Cohen claimed in his lawsuit that the Trump Organization had promised to pay his legal expenses and did so for a time, footing more than $1.7 million in legal fees

The civil lawsuit accused the former president of padding his net worth by billions of dollars and misleading banks, insurance companies and others about the value of his assets

‘A lot of people are right now auditioning,’ the former Republican president boasted to supporters in Florida last month