After working for Trump family businesses for nearly 50 years, Allen Weisselberg, 75, took the witness stand Tuesday and started testifying for prosecutors in the criminal tax fraud case against two of those companies.
state court case and is not expected to appear in court during the trial.quickly testified that he knowingly received $1.7 million of the tax-free benefits during the alleged scheme without telling his tax preparer. in August to 15 criminal counts that parallel the charges against the two companies. The cooperation agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office requires Weisselberg to testify truthfully in exchange for roughly 100 days of incarceration.
Lowering his salary enabled him to continue receiving the tax-free perks and gave the companies a savings via his reduced paycheck, said Weisselberg.The start of Weisselberg's testimony in the trial came hours before an expected announcement by Trump, possibly of a third presidential campaign during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida Tuesday night.
On Monday, Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over the trial, granted Steinglass' request to designate McConney as a hostile witness. That enabled the prosecutor to ask leading – yes-or-no – questions which McConney answered.
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