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Lauren Aratani and Dominic Rushe in New York

Trump Jr distances himself from documents at center of fraud trial: ‘I don’t recall’

Middle Eastern woman with long hair and white man with slicked-back hair in suit and pink tie, both smiling, sit at long table at front of courtroom  with many older people sitting behind them on benches.
Donald Trump Jr and lawyer Alina Habba in courtroom for fraud trial of Trump Organization in New York City, on Wednesday. Photograph: Mike Segar/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump Jr took the stand in the ongoing fraud trial against his father and the family business on Wednesday and tried to distance himself from the financial statements at the center of the case.

Trump’s eldest son, 45, is the first family member to testify in the civil trial brought by the New York attorney general, Letitia James. His younger brother Eric is expected to testify on Thursday, with Trump and his daughter Ivanka expected in court next week.

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