Jurors in the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a second day on Tuesday.
Deliberations are spilling into a second day Tuesday as jurors weigh charges that the Trump Organization helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars.
The deliberations began following lengthy instructions on the law by Judge Juan Merchan, who reminded jurors they pledged to set aside any personal opinions they may have about Trump and his family. Defense attorneys asked several witnesses roughly 60 times about Trump's knowledge of the tax scheme his company is charged with as they sought to advance their argument that Trump was in the dark and betrayed by his top executives, primarily Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's former chief financial officer and loyal Trump foot soldier for the last half century.
The defense argued the executives never intended to benefit company and said the scheme the executives hatched was motivated solely by personal greed. The defendants are two entities of the Trump Organization, the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation, each charged with scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.
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