Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of former US President Donald Trump, began to be questioned this Wednesday in the civil trial taking place in New York for financial fraud that threatens to put the family real estate empire in check. Donald Trump Jr, 45, is the first member of the family to testify before investigating judge Arthur Engoron, and this Thursday it will be the turn of his brother Eric, 39. Both are executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization, a conglomerate of companies that manage residential and office skyscrapers, luxury hotels and golf courses around the world. Like their father, they are accused by New York State Attorney General Letitia James of inflating the group's assets by hundreds of millions of dollars to obtain more advantageous bank loans and better conditions. the insurances. "Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the judicial profession," Donald Trump wrote last night on his Truth Social network about the investigating judge in the case, Arthur Engoron. The former Republican president also called the judge "crazy, totally unbalanced and dangerous" and accused him of "doing the Democratic Party's dirty work" to prevent him from returning to the White House. And James called her "corrupt." Since the start of the trial, on October 2, the judge has already imposed fines of 5,000 and 10,000 dollars on the magnate for attacking the judicial secretary of the court that is trying him. If the judge sticks to the calendar, the former president, 77, will be questioned on Monday, exactly one year less one day before the presidential elections, called for November 5, 2024, which he hopes to attend to return to office. presidency of the United States.