Eric Trump, the son of former American president Donald Trump, appeared to walk into a perjury trap last week during the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the Trump Organization.
During a deposition in March, Eric Trump said he had nothing to do with the appraisals of his father’s golf club in Westchester, New York.
“I pour concrete,” he said, according to The Messenger, “I operate properties. I don’t focus on appraisals between a law firm and [real estate company] Cushman [& Wakefield]. This is just not what I do in my day-to-day responsibilities. And you know, I hardly recognize the names on here.”
Witness testimony over the last two days “appeared to undermine those denials” according to the outlet.
On Thursday, Cushman & Wakefield’s senior managing director David McArdle revealed emails with Eric Trump “demonstrating the interest [Eric Trump] had in the appraisals of the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, New York, along with the 213-acre Seven Springs Estate.”
Eric Trump, during the deposition, claimed to only “vaguely recall” McArdele’s name. According to The Messenger, Eric Trump had a “similarly foggy memory” about retaining Cushman on an appraisal of the Seven Springs Estate.
That’s when the attorney general’s counsel introduced emails dated from 2013 to 2014, “appearing to show Eric Trump’s deep involvement in the matter,” per The Messenger.
“Eric loved this project,” McArdle testified. “He thought it was very special.”
