NEW YORK (AP) Eric Trump, one of two sons entrusted to run Donald Trump s real estate empire, swore Thursday that he was never involved with financial statements that New York state lawyers say fraudulently puffed up the ex-presidents wealth and the worth of the family business.

But when shown a decade-old email asking him for information for one of his dads financial statements, the irritated son strove to clarify.

Were a major organization, a massive real estate organization yes, Im fairly sure I understand that we have financial statements. Absolutely, Eric Trump testified at the familys and companys civil fraud trial. But the Trump Organization executive vice president insisted: I had no involvement and never worked on my fathers statement of financial condition.

Though another Trump Organization executive has testified that Eric Trump was on a video call about his fathers financial statement as recently as 2021, the son said he couldnt remember it.

Im on a thousand calls a day, he said.

Eric Trump followed brother and fellow Trump Organization Executive Vice President Donald Trump Jr. to the stand on a closely watched and sometimes fractious day in the trial. The day ended with Judge Arthur Engoron suggesting he might expand a gag order, after defense lawyers again criticized his law clerks role in the case.

Early in the trial, Engoron barred participants in the case from smearing his staff after Donald Trump maligned the clerk on social media. The former president has been fined twice , a total of $15,000, for what the judge said were violations.