After that, Justice #Engoron called it a day.
Trial starts at 10 am ET tomorrow w/ #EricTrump still on the stand.
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP #DonaldTrumpJr #IvankaTrump #AllenWeisselberg #JeffMcConney #DonaldBender #TaxFraud
#DonaldTrumpJr said as the primary on most of the deals, he could have discussed them w/the accounting team, but if he did so it was w/o knowing they'd use the values on SFCs.
"I didn't give them a value of $246M. I could’ve sat there & gone through each one of the deals individually w/ #AllenWeisselberg, #JeffMcConney, #DonaldBender, & given them an idea of what I believe the cash flow coming from those deals would’ve been worth, not even knowing it was for the purposes of this” (the #SFC).
Fmr #Trump #accountant #DonaldBender is back on the stand for a third day of testimony.
Trump's lawyer #JesusSuarez continues his lengthy cross-examination.
#KevinWallace, the lead lawyer on the #NYAG’s case, objected after Suarez began to ask #Bender about financial statements year by year, despite getting similar answers each time (& being told not to by the Judge yesterday)
#law #legal #FediLaw #TrumpTrial #TrumpOrganization #NY #Civil
#Trump’s attys declined to cross-examine #CameronHarris, but they reserved the right to call him back to the stand later.
Instead, they spent the last hour of court continuing their cross-examination of fmr #Mazars USA #accountant #DonaldBender.
After defense highlighted Bender's inconsistent statements about Mazars' use of specialists to evaluate assets, #Bender seemed to struggle to articulate how Mazars provided #accounting expertise.
#CameronHarris, argued the #Trumps are #responsible for their #FinancialStatements
#DonaldTrumpJr & #EricTrump, who signed the representation letr. & the engagement letr. for the 2021 compilation of #Trump’s statements of #financial condition, were a focus of the PM court session.
When #DonaldBender was engaged, #AllenWeisselberg, fmr #TrumpOrg CFO, played that role, but by 2021, the responsibility for retaining & managing the #accounting relationship seems to have shifted to the #TrumpSons.
2 accountants expected to testify today
Trump’s fmr longtime #accountant, #DonaldBender, is back on the #witness stand as TFG’s attys continue #CrossExamination.
Attys for the AG said in court yesterday they might seek additional questioning of Bender when Trump's team is done.
After Bender finishes, the AG's office is expected to call #CamronHarris, who works for #WhitleyPenn, the #accounting firm that succeeded Bender's firm.
As he left the courtroom Tuesday afternoon, #Trump said he will be back Wednesday.
“I will be back tomorrow,” Trump said. “Have a very good day, I’ll be back tomorrow.”
(hmm, no attacks)
#CrossExamination of Trump’s long-time #accountant #DonaldBender will resume Wednesday.
#James left the courtroom shortly after Trump.
Lawyers for both sides were in the courtroom w/the judge for close to 20 mins after reporters & spectators were cleared.
Back to the #TrumpTrial #day2
During #CrossExamination this afternoon, #Trump #lawyer Jesus #Suarez tried to pin the blame for #inflated #FinancialStatements on Trump's fmr #accountant, #DonaldBender.
Suarez noted in his questioning that #Bender was the only #CPA compiling the documents, & that others involved like #AllenWeisselberg didn't have that level of expertise. (Um, he was the CFO - the Chief Financial Officer 🤦🏼♀️)
#Trump told reporters outside the courtroom soon after, “You saw what was just put out about Schumer & the principal clerk? That is disgraceful.” (put out by him)
Trump re-entered the courtroom ~1:30PM ET. He is "likely" to watch the trial for the rest of the day, per 2 aides.
It's unclear what led to Trump's decision (#AttentionWhore), but that would mean he'll be able to watch at least some of his attorney's #CrossExamination of #DonaldBender.
Asked if he learned at some point the #Trump had NOT PROVIDED him w/ ALL related #records, #Bender said, "Yes." He added that they'd #failed to to turn over "paper documents over a number of years."
#DonaldBender has finished his #direct #testimony & the #trial has taken a break for lunch.
#TrumpTrial #day2 #fedilaw #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud
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