team. the four times indicted former president is in the middle of a very complicated legal situation as he faces 91 criminal charges related to his conduct before, during, and after his presidency. a civil fraud trial in new york for threatens the future of his real estate empire while a different civil it hold him liable of sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll. carol is also suing trump in a second defamation trial over commentshahe made on cnn in may about her. late last night, donald trump filed a brief to the d.c. court of appeals, continuing to assert that he s immune from prosecution for actually committed while president, specifically for his role in questioning the results of the 2020 election. of course, the allegation is not that a question the results of the 2020 election, anyone is entitled to do that, it s that he did something to try and overcome those results. the immunity argument is the argument he s making in the hopes of getting jack
and thank you for watching cnn newsnight . laura coates live starts right now. i like the way he said, that laura coates live i m going to have an italics on that now. have a great show. we thank you. donald trump s number one son story, eric and darren guess who he is blaming for a fraudulent financial statement. it s not anybody named trump. tonight, on laura coates live so, donald trump jr. with the opening act today in the trump family s quarter of a billion dollar new york courtroom drama. he testified today in that civil fraud case against the former presidents namesake business. and it went, well, maybe pretty much how you thought it would go. he testified that he was not involved in the preparation of his father s financial statements at any point in time. and you guessed it. he said, blame the accountants. quote, the accountants worked on it. that is what we pay them for. now, don jr. and his brother eric trump are accused of knowingly to