Trump ‘fired up’ to testify in New York fraud case: son

NEW YORK: Donald Trump´s son Eric wrapped up his testimony on Friday in the civil fraud case against the family business empire and said his father is “fired up” to take the stand next week.

The 77-year-old former president is expected to testify on Monday in the trial in which the Trump Organisation is accused of inflating the value of its assets by billions of dollars to obtain more favorable bank loans and insurance terms.

Leaving the Manhattan courtroom after concluding his second day of testimony, Eric Trump denounced the case as a “big charade” and a “huge waste of taxpayer money.” “We´ve done absolutely nothing wrong,” he told reporters. “We have a better company than they could have ever imagined.”

Eric Trump, 39, and his elder brother Donald Jr, 45, are executive vice presidents of the Trump Organisation. Don Jr testified for two days this week and was followed on the stand by his younger brother.

Both brothers adopted essentially the same line of defence -- that company financial statements the authorities allege were fraudulent were drawn up by their accountants and they relied on them for their accuracy.