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Trump Org
Trial
Weisselberg
Says The
Donald Paid
His Rent amid
Wife's Eye
Surgeries
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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FOLEY SQUARE, Nov
15 – Back on opening day of
the Trump Organization trial,
controller Jeffrey McConney
was on the witness stand.
Inner City Press went and live
tweeted here.
Jump cut to to
November 15, when main
cooperator Allen Weisselberg
took the stand. Inner City
Press was there, and live
tweeted, thread here:
OK - now in Trump
Org trial, cooperator
Weisselberg is on the stand,
with the prosecutor asking why
bonuses paid in January and
not December.
Prosecutor: To
2017 did you get any raise to
your set salary?
Weisselberg: No.
Prosecutor: And after your
bonus was raised to $400,000
in 2011, was it raised after
that?
Weisselberg: No.
Prosecutor: Did
the Trump Organization start
paying your rent in 2005? A:
Yes.
Defense: There
have been too many leading
questions. I would ask that in
the afternoon, we return to a
more normative -- Prosecutor:
I agree.
Prosecutor: Did
the Trump Organization pay
your rent from 2005 and 2017?
Weisselberg:
Yes. And utilities
Defense:
Objection! Judge: Sustained.
Please try not to...
Prosecutor: Did the Trump
Organization pay for your
parking expenses? Weisselberg:
The Trump Corporation.
Prosecutor: Who authorized
that?
Weisselberg: The
rent, by Donald Trump.
Prosecutor: Himself? A: Yes
Prosecutor: Did
the Trump Corporation lease
you a Mercedes? Weisselberg:
Yes. Prosecutor: And who
authorized that? Weisselberg:
Donald Trump.
Prosecutor: Did
they pay for you to have cash
at Christmas to use for tips?
Weisselberg: Yes.
Prosecutor: Did
Donald Trump personally pay
for your grandchildren's
tuition? Weisselberg: Yes.
Prosecution: Did you know
these payments were part of
your employee compensation?
Defense: Objection!
Judge: Sustained.
Prosecutor: Did you know it
was taxable? A: Yes.
Prosecutor: Did
you know this should have been
reported in your W-2s?
Weisselberg: Yes.
Prosecutor: Did
the Trump Payroll Corporation
report this as income?
Weisselberg: No. Prosecutor:
Did you know your W-2s were
false? Weisselberg: Yes.
Prosecutor:
Who prepared your personal
taxes? Weisselberg: Donald
Bender at Mazars.
Prosecutor: Why
didn't you tell Bender and
Mazars about these payments?
Weisselberg: They wouldn't
have signed my tax returns.
Prosecutor: You
moved into Riverside Blvd in
2005? Weisselberg: Yes.
Prosecutor: Was there a
terrace looking at the Hudson?
A: Yes.
Prosecutor: Who
signed the lease for the
apartment? Weisselberg: Donald
Trump. Prosecutor: Who was the
building sold to then?
Weisselberg: EQR.
Prosecutor: How
did the lease come about?
Weisselberg: My wife required
22 eye operations. We had to
live in the city
Prosecutor:
Who did Mr Trump say it would
help? Weisselberg: The company
& me, I wouldn't have be
on the train 3 hours every
day.
Prosecutor: Did
they cut checks? Weisselberg:
Yes Prosecutor: Who signed the
checks?
Weisselberg:
Donald Trump or me.
Judge: We're going
to call it a day.
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