Jurors in the Trump Organization criminal tax-fraud trial have seen the first evidence directly linking Donald Trump to the case, including key documents bearing the former president's distinctive Sharpie-scrawled signatures and initials.
45th President of the United StatesFormer President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered.The Trump Organization tax-fraud trial is in its second week in a criminal courthouse in Manhattan.Donald and Eric Trump's signatures may refute defense claims that the scheme stopped with underlings.
The documents were introduced through the trial's first witness, Jeffrey McConney, who as Trump Organization's controller is responsible for its payroll and tax reporting.over the lunch break. His testimony — and the trial itself — is tentatively scheduled to resume Monday morning. "In other words, Donald J. Trump authorized Donald J. Trump to sign the lease" for the apartment, Steinglass asked of the letter's content. The coughing controller answered"yes."
Weisselberg admitted in his guilty plea that he pocketed more than $1.76 million in perks over the 15-year life of the tax-dodge scheme. Although the perks were a part of his pay, he never paid income taxes on them as required by law. At one point Tuesday, jurors saw Trump's black marker initials on two 2011 invoices. In one, from P.C. Richard & Son, Trump signed off on $1,954.17 in electronics. On the other, he signed off on nearly $7,000 in carpeting from ABC Carpet and Home.
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