Trump Jr. deposed as part of inaugural funds lawsuit
Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, D.C., attorney general’s lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing.
In a court document dated Tuesday, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s office revealed the former president’s son was deposed on Feb. 11.
The filing said Trump’s deposition “raised further questions about the nature” of a hotel invoice Racine’s office has been investigating.
The attorney general’s office alleged that the Trump Organization signed a contract with the Loews Madison hotel for $49,358.92 for a block of rooms during the 2017 inauguration and that the invoice was later forwarded to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which then paid the bill, according to the filing.
Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump, executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization who run the real-estate company on a day-to-day basis, are under scrutiny for their roles in the family business.
In addition to the attorney general’s lawsuit, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office are digging into the company’s finances and asking questions about business units that both brothers are intimately involved with, including the Trump family compound known as Seven Springs in New York, as well as the Trump Tower and 40 Wall Street skyscrapers, according to a people familiar with the matter.
One person said prosecutors are asking “about everything under the sun about Donald, Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric, (and) Allen Weisselberg,” the chief financial officer.
The attorney general’s office also has requested to have more time to obtain discovery materials and conduct depositions, according to the filing, adding that the office has been met with “repeated obstacles, including misleading testimony, a closed hotel and new information revealed after the deadline for issuing discovery requests passed on Feb. 8.”