Eric Trump Tries “Doofus Defense” (Not Really A Stretch)

“In times of trouble, go with what you know“

Well, Eric Trump is as we know in boatload of trouble these days. Along with the rest of his family although at the moment wannabe Princess Ivanka seems to be on the fringes of the fire consuming the Trump Org., Donald Trump and his twin “Fredo” offspring from Trophy Wife Marriage #1 Don Jr. and Eric in Civil Court in NY State. When you think about it, Eric has, despite a cushy lifestyle been in trouble ever since the day he chose to “work” for his father at that P.O.S. family business, and that someday he’d wind up facing the music. Well, someday has arrived.

True, NY AG Letecia James’ case is a civil action instead of criminal so Eric won’t be facing prison. At least not yet. Still, his work and I assume signature is on enough documentation of fraud that a criminal prosecution is possible. And, if he’s not (cue Elmer Fudd) “vwery, vwery careful” he could wind up looking at perjury. That’s a matter to be sorted out later. For the moment, I wanted to call your attention to a short article in SheKnows  that covers testimony from former Trump Org. comptroller (and co-defendant) Jeff McConney. It seems McConney had some things to say about his communications with Eric that were shall we say damaging to Fred #2:

McConney shared details from phone calls and different spreadsheets that claim Eric directed him to factor certain things into different properties, such as the Seven Springs and the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, per CNN. He claimed that after this phone call, and with Eric’s directed claims, some of the estates heavily went up in value.

We’re talking some stuff quadrupling in value:

McConney was allegedly directed to calculate some of the properties as “though it could be sold as a private residence,” some had a “brand premium” added to it since it was connected to Donald’s name, and more, per CNN.

That’s not the fun part though. What caught my eye in the story is that Eric’s legal defense is, at least from what his lawyers are saying is that he didn’t know all of this would factor into the numbers! What is boils down to is Eric’s lawyers are saying little Eric didn’t understand that what he told McConney to do would (drastically) inflate the value of the properties in question. Or more bluntly that Eric was too freaking STUPID to know what he was ordering was wrong and/or illegal.

Hence my using the term “Doofus Defense” which I think fits Eric Trump to a T. (pun intended)

Hey, if it looks like a doofus duck, sounds like a doofus duck and acts like a doofus duck then it’s a freaking DOOFUS DUCK. In this case named Eric Trump. That’s why I say employing a “Doofus Defense” isn’t much of a stretch for Eric’s lawyers. But seriously folks, while he’s not the brightest bulb in the box even Eric Trump knew damned well that telling a comptroller to do what he got McConney to do was flat out wrong. FRAUD. He just assumed, as his whole life had conditioned him to assume that no one would ever call him or the Trump Org. on it.

There’s no jury in this trial but one can imagine the range of reactions (none good for Eric or the Trump Org.) to this nonsense but the judge knows the score. The only question is whether Eric, amidst what I assume was a blizzard of “I don’t recall” answers to questions said enough to open himself up to perjury charges. We’ll see.

But if so we can expect a return of the Doofus Defense. On steroids!