Donald Trump Jr arrives at New York court to take stand in father’s fraud trial
Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial ramped up in New York on Wednesday as his son Donald Trump Jr began his testimony in the $250m case, though his answers were evasive.
The former president’s eldest son is the first of four Trump family members to testify in the trial, the outcome of which could topple Mr Trump’s business empire in the state.
On Thursday, Don Jr is expected to finish his testimony before Eric Trump also takes to the stand later in the day.
Next week, Ivanka Trump and the former president himself are also expected to take the stand and give testimony.
Also on Wednesay, the so-called “Trump too small” t-shirt case went before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday – a bizarre trademark dispute referring to the size of the former president’s hands.
Meanwhile, two cases seeking to block Mr Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment and its ban on insurrectionists running for office are also being heard this week.
The first began in Colorado on Monday with the second taking place before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday.
Alex Woodward reports from on the ground at the courthouse in New York
