Donald Trump Jr.'s wife files for divorce in court in New York
The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, filed for divorce in New York, court records showed.
Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement Thursday: "After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to separate."
The statement was delivered by the Trump Organization, the president's business empire, whose son helps run.
More details were not immediately available about Vanessa Trump's uncontested divorce application in a New York state court. She and Trump Jr. have "enormous respect" for each other, according to the joint statement, which also requested privacy.
The couple married in 2005 and have five children.
In recent months, Trump Jr., 40, has been involved in an investigation of possible collusion between his father's presidential campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election. The president has denied any such collusion. type.
Trump Jr. set up a meeting in 2016 between a group of Russians and members of his father's campaign after a broker said the Russians offered damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. "I love it," Trump Jr. responded to the broker in an email.
He has played a key role in the Trump Organization since his father entered the White House in January 2017. The president said he would keep ownership of his hotels, golf courses and hundreds of other businesses, but give up control of them. her two older children.
