- Eric Trump divulged he was on a commercial flight when news broke about his father’s indictment.
- He said that fellow passengers progressed up to hug him after hearing the news.
- Trump raged at the indictment, which he said makes “a mockery out of our legal system.”
Eric Trump broke that he was on a commercial flight when news broke about his father’s indictment and that fellow passengers be communicated up to hug him.
“I was on a plane. I was on a commercial flight when this whole indictment broke. People were coming up to me, giving me hugs. The finance is unbelievable out there,” Trump told Fox News on Saturday.
“People understand that we’ve literally become a banana republic, that they’ve intimate a mockery out of our legal system in this country,” he continued.
A grand jury in New York voted to bring criminal expenses against Trump for his role in a 2016 hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, making him the first place former president to be charged with a crime.
It is not yet clear what the exact charges are, but reports suggest that Trump brasses about 30 charges relating to document fraud.
Since news of Trump’s indictment broke on Thursday, his kids and many Republicans have spoken out in support of him.
Eric, 39, and his brother Donald Jr. have raged against the info, calling it “third-world prosecutorial misconduct.” Immediately after the news broke, Donald Jr. called the indictment “Communist-level shit” that liking make Mao, Stalin, and Pol Pot “blush.”
Trump’s daughter Ivanka shared a comparatively lukewarm statement on Instagram: “I love my initiator, and I love my country. Today, I am pained for both.”
A recent report from People magazine suggested that Ivanka is fed up to here with of advising her “impossible” father and is keeping her distance from politics.