Former CFO Allen Weisselberg testified in the Trump Organization's criminal trial that the company underwent a 'cleanup process' after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016.
Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives to the courtroom in New York, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified Thursday that it was his decision alone to commit tax fraud by paying no taxes on the fringe benefits he received from the Trump Organization.
Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives to the courtroom in New York, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.One day in 2012, Weisselberg testified, Trump was in his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower with Weisselberg when Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. walked in with checks to sign for his children's school tuition.
Weisselberg testified that the company stopped paying personal expenses for him and other executives in 2017 as part of a "cleanup process" when Donald Trump was elected president.Prosecutors have suggested that the company knew the practice was wrong but allowed it to continue until Trump's campaign and presidency brought new scrutiny.
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