AdvertisementThe tax fraud case is the only trial to arise from the three-year investigation of Trump and his business practices by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. “Weisselberg did it for Weisselberg,” Trump Organization lawyer Michael Van der Veen told jurors, punctuating his closing argument with the defense team’s mantra for the monthlong trial. If convicted, the Trump Organization could be fined more than $1 million. But company lawyers argued that Weisselberg was only intending to benefit himself with his tax-dodge scheme, not the Trump Organization, and that the company shouldn’t be blamed for his transgressions. “I knew in my mind that there was a benefit to the company,” Weisselberg testified.

Source: Huffington Post December 02, 2022 15:03 UTC