Eric Trump’s attempt to defend his father, Donald Trump, in his hush money trial fell flat when he claimed Trump was focused on “running the United States of America,” not bookkeeping, at the time of the alleged offenses. However, critics pointed out that Trump was not president when the payments were made and, therefore, not “running the country.” Trump is charged with 34 felony counts related to the alleged falsification of business records to cover up payments made to porn actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.