Though Donald Trump Jr. never held an official position in his father's administration, he has nevertheless been a subject of controversy and public ire.
More than a decade before his father entered the White House, Trump Jr. was arrested in 2001 for public drunkenness during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He also later came under fire for a 2016 tweet aimed at Syrian Refugees, in which he posted an image that had the text, "If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem."
He commented, saying, "This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016." The post received so much backlash that a Skittles executive even posted its own statement.
"Skittles are candy. Refugees are people," said Denise Young, vice president of corporate affairs for Wrigley America, which owns Skittles. "We don't feel it is an appropriate analogy."
In 2019, Trump Jr. faced criticism for his hunting practices. On a trip to Mongolia, the politician's son hunted an endangered breed of sheep and later met with Mongolia's president. He was awarded a permit to hunt the sheep after he had already killed it, according to ProPublica.
Trump Jr. traveled with the Secret Service, costing taxpayers more than $75,000 for the eight-day excursion, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group. USA Today reported that, according to a source close to the president's son, Trump Jr. paid for all of the trip himself apart from the security.
Trouble continued for Don even after his father left office. Trump Jr., along with his father and Ivanka Trump, were recently subpoenaed as part of a wide-ranging civil investigation by the New York attorney general into whether there was fraud within the Trump Organization.
However, while it was ordered that the Trumps would testify by March 10, as originally ordered by a Manhattan judge, their testimony is delayed while their lawyers appeal the judge's order, according to a report by Insider.