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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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New York CNN —Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dove into the paper trail at the heart of their case on Monday, revealing to jurors exactly how Michael Cohen was repaid by Trump’s trust and personal accounts in 2017 after he paid hush money to Stormy Daniels. Here are the takeaways from day 12 of the Trump hush money trial:Judge threatens to jail TrumpMerchan began Monday’s session by announcing he found Trump in contempt for violating his gag order a 10th time, after fining him last week for nine violations cited by prosecutors. Both of the witnesses worked for Trump for decades – Tarasoff still works for the Trump Org. Trump fully turned in his chair to watch Tarasoff’s testimony when his attorney, Blanche, began his cross-examination of the Trump Org. was like a “family-run business.”Eric Trump, who is still in charge of the Trump Org., and attorney Alina Habba, who represented Trump Org.

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☆ Trump tried to move assets to Florida, NY officials complain in fraud-judgment filing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But officials say he recently tried to change the addresses for major assets from NY to Florida. AdvertisementDonald Trump tried — but failed — to switch the addresses of key assets from Trump Tower in New York to Florida, officials with the state attorney general's office said in their latest civil fraud case filing. Trump attempted to switch the Trump Tower addresses of several key assets to new addreses in Florida, state officials allege. AdvertisementFinally, Trump's lawyers claimed the "proper address" for Trump Tower in Chicago — another defendant in the fraud case — is Trump's Jupiter, Florida golf course, rather than Trump Tower in New York. In his final judgment, dated February 22, the judge uses the Manhattan Trump Tower address for all six of these defendants — not the Florida addresses Trump claimed.

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☆ What Donald Trump Jr. said he can't remember about his family's business at trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump Jr. said he couldn't remember key details about his role in the Trump Organization. Trump Jr. said he didn't recall information about his and Trump's role as trustees. Trump Jr. — former President Donald Trump's eldest son — testified that he couldn't remember if Trump was still a trustee of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. When prosecutors from NY AG Tish James' office questioned Trump Jr. about whether he worked on Trump's statement of financial condition, Trump Jr. replied, "Not that I recall." (Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump remain targets of the case, but Ivanka Trump is no longer a defendant.)

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☆ Trump kid says the darnedest things: Donald Trump, Jr. gives guarded, sometimes flip, testimony at fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump, Jr., was well-spoken, but guarded during 90 minutes of testimony on Wednesday. He cracked a couple of jokes and protected his father during week 5 of the Trump civil fraud trial. Eric Trump testifies next, with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump scheduled for next week. Donald Trump, Jr., jokes he "should have worn makeup" while photographed at the defense table in the Trump civil fraud trial in New York. Ivanka Trump was once a defendant in the AG case, along with Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump.

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☆ Trump's NY fraud trial starts today. Here's why it matters, even though the judge already found fraud.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

New York's massive, $250 million fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and Trump Org goes to trial Monday. Some weeks later, Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Donald J. Trump must take the stand, in that order, and in post positions 25-27 out of the AG's total of 28 direct-case witnesses. But one thing that was clear about the decision is that fraud – lots of it – was found on the part of Donald Trump. Donald Trump Jr., left, and Eric Trump. She wants the judge to permanently ban not just Trump but Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. from ever serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation.

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☆ Read the indictment against Donald Trump, details of payments to porn star, Playboy model
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowFormer President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a scheme that directed hush money payments to two women before the 2016 presidential election. The 16-page indictment against Trump was unsealed Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president ever to be arraigned on criminal charges. Follow CNBC.com's live coverage of former President Donald Trump's surrender and arraignment at the Manhattan criminal courthouse. Falsifying business records normally is a misdemeanor but can become a felony if done to cover up another crime. The checks first were issued by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, while later ones came from Trump's bank account, prosecutors said.

☆ Donald Trump Jr. admits he doesn't understand basic accounting but signed off on dad's finances anyway
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump Jr. told New York probers he doesn't understand basic accounting, a new filing says. He said he's learning a little bit about accounting principles in 'accounting 101' at Wharton. Since 2017, the former president's namesake son has been a trustee for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, the entity set up to oversee the Trump Organization when Donald Trump became president. "Donald Trump, Jr. testified that he has no understanding how the Statement is compiled each year," the filing continues. "Donald Trump, Jr. testified that he was aware of an accounting firm being involved but otherwise had no knowledge of the process or mechanics of the Statements' preparation."

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