Don Jr. takes stand, fear on campus, Maine shooter texts

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Donald Trump Jr. takes the stand in The Trump Organization’s civil fraud trial in New York. Our panel discusses his defense strategy, and where he is directing the blame for any alleged fraud. Plus, Cornell University cancels Friday classes after a student is arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot Jewish students. Sofia Robinson of the Cornell Daily Sun, and Rabbi Ari Weiss join to talk about what can be done to counteract the spreading of fear and antisemitism on campuses. And, the text messages that revealed concerns over the Maine mass shooter’s behavior prior to his deadly rampage. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, look, Donald Trump's number one son.
0:05.0	Sorry, Eric and Barron, he took the stand today and he guessed who he is blaming for a fraudulent
0:10.6	financial statement.
0:11.6	Hit.
0:12.6	It's not anybody named Trump.
0:14.3	Tonight, on Lara Coates Live.
0:22.8	So Donald Trump Jr. was the opening act today and the Trump family's quarter of a billion
0:28.2	dollar New York courtroom drama.
0:30.7	He testified today in that civil fraud case against the former president's name-sake
0:35.7	business and it went, well, maybe pretty much how you thought it would go.
0:40.3	He testified that he was not involved in the preparation of his father's financial statements
0:43.9	at any point in time and you guessed it, he said, well, blame the accountants.
0:49.2	Quote, the accountants worked on it.
0:52.0	That's what we pay them for.
0:54.4	Now, Donald Jr. and Brother Eric are accused of knowingly participating in a scheme to inflate
1:00.5	their father's network to obtain benefits like, you know, better loans or better insurance
1:05.3	policy terms and then deflating it when it was also convenient to do so.
1:10.2	And while her brother was on the stand, the sister, Ivanka Trump, appeal appealed to
1:15.5	just ruling, ordering her to testify in that civil trial.
1:18.6	Now, remember, she's supposed to testify next week and she's saying, please no.
1:24.4	Eric Trump will testify later on this week as well and while the former president has
1:28.2	quite a few cases in court right now, this is the one he's been in the room for.
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