Trump's civil fraud trial resumes with former finance chief to testify

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Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives to court, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in New York. The longtime Donald Trump lieutenant who became a star prosecution witness and helped convict the former president's company of tax fraud is was sentenced to five months in jail for dodging taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid perks.

After a recent jail stint for tax fraud, Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump's longtime finance chief, is set to testify Tuesday in the New York attorney general's fraud lawsuit against the former president and the Trump Organization.Allen Weisselberg expected to testify about preparation of Trump's financial statementsAllen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, left, arrives in New York in this January 2023 photo.

Weisselberg, also a defendant in the lawsuit, is expected to testify about his role in preparing Trump's annual financial statements — including conversations they had while finalizing the documents, which were given to banks, insurers and others to make deals and secure loans. Trump, in his deposition in April, said of his former lieutenant: "He was with me for a long time. He was liked. He was respected. Now, he's gone through hell and back. What's happened to him is very sad.

 

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