After an afternoon on the stand yesterday, Trump Jr. is back. He said in direct examination this morning that he doesn’t recall the specifics of several documents he was presented with in court, but that the Trump Organization’s accountants and accounting firm, Mazars USA, would be more familiar with the details.
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Lawyers for the defense implied during Bender’s cross-examination that he was at fault because he was the accountant, and such work was outside the family’s area of expertise.
He said that he relied on the accounting team, which included Allen Weisselberg, who was the company’s CFO, and would ask all relevant parties if the information in the documents were correct and then he would sign off on them.
The attorney general’s lawsuit describes Eric as being responsible “for all aspects of management and operation of the Trump Organization including new project acquisition, development and construction."
The attorney general’s financial expert, Michiel McCarty, delivered testimony on the effect of the Trump Organization’s valuations that the AG’s office said were falsely inflated.
That was followed by former Trump Organization senior vice president David Orowitz discussing the deal that led to the company’s management of a hotel near the White House.
Later in the day, Donald Trump Jr. took the stand and was asked by the AG’s office about real estate-related financial terms.
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