Donald Jr and Eric Trump fined millions over Trump Organization’s fraudulent business dealings
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Donald Trump Jr and his younger brother Eric Trump have been ordered to pay a total of more than $8m for the fraudulent business dealings of their father’s sprawling real estate empire. A New York court on Friday found former president Donald Trump and his Trump Organization liable for just under $464m, representing $364m in surrendered profits and $100m in interest so far. In response, Eric Trump called the ruling “a total joke” and “insane”, telling ABC News that the court was “living in an alternate universe” and that his family would appeal the decision. Friday’s judgement comes one day after a state judge in a separate criminal case scheduled a trial on charges stemming from hush money payments to adult film star, Stormy Daniels and less than a month after a federal jury in another civil case decided that he owes more than $83m to E Jean Carroll for repeatedly defaming a woman he was found liable for sexually assaulting.