'This case is about greed and cheating,' lead prosecutor Susan Hoffinger said in opening statements accusing the ex-president's company of tax fraud.
scheme, in which Weisselberg was said to have collected over $1.7 million in untaxed income through off-the-books perks.and pinned the blame for the scheme on himself and other top executives, such as senior vice president and comptroller Jeffrey McConney, who is expected to testify Monday.
Trump Organization Attorneys Alan Futerfas and Michael van der Veen speak as they arrive for trial at the New York Supreme Court on Monday.“We all know that corporations aren’t people — they can’t think or act on their own,” Hoffinger said before explaining that companies act through their employees, particularly the executives with the authority to direct the company’s overall conduct. The law requires that prosecutors prove Weisselberg’s actions were taken “in behalf of” the company.
For the Trump company to beat these charges, it will likely have to prove that Weisselberg is lying in his testimony. Defense attorney Susan Necheles argued to jurors that Weisselberg’s actions were his personal choices and not taken on behalf of the company. Noting that she will from now on refer to Trump as “President Trump,” Necheles said the former president was unaware his CFO was cheating on his taxes.
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