Donald Trump Jr. takes witness stand in New York civil fraud trial

Donald Trump Jr, former U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son, took the witness stand on Wednesday at the New York civil fraud trial, accusing the family business of inflating asset values.Trump Jr., an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, is the first member of the Trump family to testify in the case.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has accused the former president, his adult children and a handful of their family businesses of inflating their assets by billions of U.S. dollars to secure better loan terms.

During the trial, Trump Jr. said that he and his younger brother, Eric Trump, largely took over management of the company after their father assumed the presidency in 2017, but he denied any wrongdoing in the case.