{"id":195497,"date":"2023-11-02T20:56:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195497"},"modified":"2023-11-02T20:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:56:48","slug":"donald-trump-jr-tells-courtroom-sketch-artist-make-me-look-sexy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/donald-trump-jr-tells-courtroom-sketch-artist-make-me-look-sexy\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Jr. tells courtroom sketch artist &apos;Make me look sexy&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Donald Trump Jr. asks courtroom sketch artist to &#8216;Make me look sexy&#8217; as he leaves witness stand in $250 million civil fraud trial in New York<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Eric Trump raised his voice in irritation as he was quizzed over Trump Organization documents<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Donald Trump Jr. gave a double thumbs-up sign outside court<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE: Trump rages at judge: &#8216;Leave my kids alone&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. jovially chatted with a courtroom sketch artist and asked her to &#8216;make me look sexy&#8217; as he left the witness stand after being grilled for hours in a $250 million fraud case in New York.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the judge called a break the former president&#8217;s eldest son spoke to the artist, who later told reporters: &#8216;He said &#8220;Make me look sexy&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The same artist previously drew the elder Donald Trump when he was arraigned in a separate case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, and that image was printed on the cover of The New Yorker magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Don Jr. gave evidence on Wednesday, and Thursday morning, and then his brother Eric took the stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/19\/77334397-0-image-a-1_1698952210198.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A courtroom sketch of Donald Trump Jr. after he jokingly asked: &#8216;Make me look sexy&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/19\/77335705-0-image-a-3_1698952437373.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. gives evidence in the $250 million civil fraud trial in New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/19\/77335707-0-image-a-4_1698952461702.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A courtroom sketch of Eric Trump giving evidence<\/p>\n<p>The Trump brothers are both giving evidence in a civil fraud trial.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Donald Trump, Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization fraudulently inflated the values of their properties to secure favorable terms on loans.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump denied ever having anything to do with financial statements relating to his father&#8217;s property empire.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0raised his voice in irritation as he was repeatedly quizzed over documents to do with the family business.<\/p>\n<p>Eric told the court: &#8216;We\u2019re a major organization, a massive real estate organization, of course I understand we have financial statements, absolutely.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But he added: &#8216;I had no involvement, nor never worked on my father\u2019s statement of financial condition.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/19\/77337011-12704121-image-a-67_1698954029333.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A courtroom sketch of Donald Trump at his arraignment in a case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/18\/77327709-12703231-image-a-62_1698949408704.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s son and co-defendant Eric Trump testifies during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/16\/77327767-12703231-image-a-42_1698942391260.jpg\" height=\"408\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump gives a thumbs-up arriving at court with brother Don Jr\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As his sons were giving evidence Donald Trump, who was not in court, lambasted the judge on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The former president wrote: &#8216;So sad to see my sons being PERSECUTED in a political Witch Hunt by this out of control, publicity seeking, New York State Judge, on a case that should have NEVER been brought.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Eric, 39, had arrived at court with Don Jr., 45, both flashing thumbs-up signs.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Engoron allowed the media inside the courtroom to take photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The judge joked: &#8216;Does everyone have their makeup on?&#8217; and added: &#8216;You think they got enough photos?&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In court, prosecutor Andrew Amer asked Eric Trump about an email from a decade ago in which Eric said details about the family&#8217;s personal finances should be distributed to a limited number of people.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump responded: &#8216;You wouldn\u2019t want 1,200 people to see your personal finances.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I was 26 at the time. I don&#8217;t think I ever saw or worked on a statement of financial condition. I don\u2019t believe I would have known about it, not what I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/18\/77327743-12703231-image-a-64_1698949507047.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. during a break in proceedings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/17\/77332975-12703231-image-a-61_1698947684539.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. speaks to the media outside court<\/p>\n<p>Don Jr. took the stand on Wednesday, and Thursday morning, before Eric was called.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his testimony Don Jr. acknowledged he had signed financial documents that the judge has ruled were fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>However, he suggested the blame lay with others who worked on the documents.<\/p>\n<p>Don Jr. said he relied on accountants within the Trump Organization, and outside firm Mazars, to ensure that financial estimates relating to Trump properties and other assets were accurate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They had more information and details on all of this than I would have,&#8217; he said. &#8216;That&#8217;s why we have accountants.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The financial documents are at the heart of the trial, which threatens to undermine the Trump family&#8217;s property empire.<\/p>\n<p>Don Jr.&#8217;s testimony concluded shortly before lunch and his brother Eric followed him on the stand.<\/p>\n<p>As he left the stand Don Jr. told Jane Rosenberg, the courtroom sketch artist: &#8216;Make me look sexy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/16\/77327749-12703231-image-a-44_1698942468144.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr., and lawyer Alina Habba (L) in court<\/p>\n<p>The two brothers took control of the Trump Organization in 2017 when their father became President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Don Jr. told the court the company has improved its bookkeeping since New York Attorney General Letitia James began investigating its finances.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s top financial officer is now a certified public accountant, unlike former finance chief Allen Weisselberg, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg pleaded guilty to tax crimes in a separate case in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is expected to testify in the case on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>James is seeking at least $250 million in damages and a permanent ban on Trump, Don Jr. an Eric running businesses in the state of New York.<\/p>\n<p>The civil trial is expected to last through December.<\/p>\n<p>In a late-night social media post earlier this week Trump took aim at the judge.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: &#8216;Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the legal profession!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former president has already attended court several times to observe the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he sat glowering at the defendant&#8217;s table as Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer and fixer, testified.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen told the court that Trump directed him to manipulate the values of his company&#8217;s assets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/16\/77327753-12703231-image-a-46_1698942548447.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has told Judge Arthur Engoron (R) to &#8216;leave my kids alone&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/16\/77327747-12703231-image-a-47_1698942581468.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James (R) in court<\/p>\n<p>The trial is one of a series of cases Trump must contend with as he campaigns to retake the White House.<\/p>\n<p>He faces a total of 91 felony charges in four separate criminal prosecutions, including two cases stemming from attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has denied wrongdoing in all of his criminal and civil cases.<\/p>\n<p>In the New York case he has accused Judge Engoron of political bias.<\/p>\n<p>As the trial resumed on Thursday he wrote on social media: &#8216;This is a great Miscarriage of Justice.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Engoron has already fined Trump $15,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that prohibits him from publicly criticizing court staff.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12704121\/Donald-Trump-Jr-Eric-Trump-Engoron-fraud-sketch-New-York.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump Jr. asks courtroom sketch artist to &#8216;Make me look sexy&#8217; 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