Suspicions regarding Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the 45th president of the United States, seem to have been confirmed after a series of racist and derogatory emails were released in a lawsuit involving one of his friends.
The emails are from a lawsuit between Trump Jr.’s friend Gentry Beach, a man who served as one of Trump’s groomsmen in his wedding, and Beach’s former boss, Paul Touradji, the founder of Touradji Capital Management.
In them there are off-color jokes about hunting Jews, shooting Mexicans, and the influx of African-American families in predominantly white sections of Manhattan.
The larger context of the complaint alleges Touradji owes Beach tens of millions of dollars, dating back over 15 years from when he first left the fund, Newsweek reports.
The lawsuit further states that Touradji tried to destroy his life, threatened to kill him, and blocked various career opportunities that came Beach’s way.
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Nestled in the pages of the complaint is a petition to redact email correspondence with the former president’s first son sent from his work email between 2005 and 2008.
These specific emails are important in the case as the defense desires to use them. Touradji’s lawyers argue Beach’s email exchanges with Trump Jr. show he was disloyal to the company and carelessly exposed the company to reputational harm.
Because of his recklessness, Touradji believes he is not owed any further compensation.
In one of the emails, Trump Jr. complains about Black New Yorkers moving into Manhattan and making it look more like the village of Harlem, a section on the island once predominantly populated by Blacks and Latinos.
“I hear the theme song of the Jeffersons playing in the background,” Trump Jr. mocks, referencing the hit Norman Lear show about a…
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