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☆ Opinion: Michael Cohen has lied. Here’s why the Trump jury can believe him
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Opinion Norman Eisen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Pecker explained that for the scheme to further benefit Trump’s campaign, he later set in motion the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump claimed Cohen made the payment on his own and not at Trump’s direction, but Hicks did not believe him. He testified that he was under the belief that Cohen needed Trump’s approval to wire any funds and that Trump was the source. Former Trump Organization accountant Deborah Tarasoff also told the jury that Trump was directly involved in reimbursing Cohen. She spoke at length about how Trump continued to focus on personal and Trump Organization business minutiae while in the White House.

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In addition to the $355 million penalty — payback of what the judge deemed “ill-gotten gains” from his spurious financial statements — Trump is required to pay interest on that amount. James’ office calculates that, to date, Trump owes an additional $98.6 million in interest, bringing his total penalty to $453.5 million. Trump used $170 million of the $375 million to pay off a loan on the property. — $60 million, plus interest, from selling the rights to manage a New York City golf course in June 2023. Trump testified that regardless of what his financial statements said, banks did their own due diligence and would’ve qualified him for the loans anyway.

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PinnedDonald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the former president, began testifying again Monday in the civil fraud case against his father and the family business, giving expansive answers to questions from his own lawyer about the Trump Organization. But on Monday he brushed aside objections from lawyers for the state, who rested their case last week. In his first appearance, on Nov. 1, Donald Trump Jr. testified that he had no direct involvement in annual financial statements that his family’s business gave banks and insurers, despite language in the statements suggesting that he was partially responsible for them. Donald J. Trump has also testified in the trial, as have Eric and Ivanka Trump, although unlike them she is not a defendant. The family members’ testimony has drawn the spotlight to a proceeding that has primarily been a long slog through the minutiae of Trump Organization finances.

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☆ Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Released From Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Allen Weisselberg, a longtime confidant of former President Donald Trump, leaving a New York courtroom last year. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesFormer Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg was released Wednesday from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, but he could face additional legal scrutiny in the coming months as Manhattan prosecutors continue to investigate his work at Donald Trump’s family business. Mr. Weisselberg, 75 years old, went to Rikers on Jan. 10, immediately after a Manhattan judge sentenced him to five months in jail for his role in an off-the-books compensation scheme at the Trump Organization. As part of a plea deal, Mr. Weisselberg pleaded guilty and testified at the trial of the Trump Organization, which a jury convicted of tax fraud and other offenses. That deal, however, didn’t require Mr. Weisselberg to cooperate more broadly in other investigations of Mr. Trump and his company.

☆ Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Sentenced to 5 Months for Tax Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail for tax crimes he committed at the company, after serving as the star witness in a tax-fraud trial that resulted in the conviction of his longtime employer. Mr. Weisselberg, 75 years old, pleaded guilty in August to 15 felonies for participating in a scheme to compensate certain Trump Organization employees, including himself, with off-the-books benefits to evade taxes. Mr. Weisselberg also admitted that from 2005 through 2021, he failed to report $1.76 million in benefits to tax authorities. This unreported compensation came in the form of a rent-free Manhattan apartment, multiple leased Mercedes-Benz cars, home furnishings and private-school tuition for his grandchildren, Manhattan prosecutors said.

☆ Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to Be Sentenced for Tax Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Allen Weisselberg is expected to receive a sentence of five months at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, followed by five years’ probation. Former Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg is set to be sentenced Tuesday for tax crimes he committed at the company, after serving as the star witness in a tax-fraud trial that resulted in the conviction of his longtime employer. Mr. Weisselberg, 75 years old, pleaded guilty in August to 15 felonies for participating in a scheme to compensate certain Trump Organization employees, including himself, with off-the-books benefits to evade taxes. Mr. Weisselberg also admitted that from 2005 through 2021, he failed to report $1.76 million in benefits to tax authorities. This unreported compensation came in the form of a rent-free Manhattan apartment, multiple leased Mercedes-Benz cars, home furnishings and private-school tuition for his grandchildren, Manhattan prosecutors said.

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