#Weisselberg insisted on Tues from the witness stand that he “never focused” on calculating the sq ft of #Trump’s apt in #TrumpTower.

2 days later, on Thurs, #Forbes reported that emails not currently in the #NYAG’s possession show otherwise.

Hours after the publication of that story, NYC Supreme Court Justice #Engoron convened a sidebar w/attorneys for the state & defense.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2023/10/12/trumps-longtime-cfo-lied-under-oath-about-trump-tower-penthouse/

From Forbes:

Under questioning, #Weisselberg acknowledged that the 30k-sq-ft figure was wrong. He tried to suggest, however, that he had little to do w/the bogus calculation, batting away a series of questions about the financial docs & discussions w/Forbes, which has been valuing #Trump’s fortune since 1982. “I never focused on the triplex, to be honest w/you,” Weisselberg said. “It was almost de minimis relative to his net worth, so I really didn’t focus on it.”

#Fraud #law #lies #corruption

#Weisselberg repeated similar lines as his testimony continued. “I never focused on the apartment #Trump owned,” he said at one point. At another: “I didn’t correlate the square footage of Donald’s apartment. I never focused on it. It was always in my mind a de minimis asset of the overall of Donald J. Trump’s statement of financial condition. That was never a concern of mine. I never even thought about the apartment. It was de minimis in my mind.”

#law #fraud #corruption #LyingLiarsWhoLie

Earlier this wk, #Trump attacked Forbes journo Alexander by name on social media, labeling him a “psycho” & his news org a “rag" after dropping him from its billionaires list for the 2nd time in 3 yrs.

Those Trump social media comments were also posted hrs after #NYAG James entered a series of Forbes’ fact-checking emails w/ #Weisselberg & other execs into #evidence. Alexander, whose byline was on the story knocking Trump off #ForbesBillionairesList, was one of the staffers who sent the emails.