NEW YORK — Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified Tuesday that he didn't pay taxes on a range of perks provided by the company, as prosecutors sought to show his actions implicate the company itself in a years-long tax fraud scheme.
The namesake real estate company of former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City for tax evasion.
Prosecutors portrayed the savings as a benefit to the company. The defense has said Weisselberg acted on his own. Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney, testifying earlier Tuesday, said that he knowingly broke the law by helping other executives avoid paying required taxes on certain expenses. "You were knowingly breaking the law by helping Allen Weisselberg pay expenses with pre-tax dollars?" Steinglass asked in a separate exchange.The defense says the Trump Organization could not have known of any fraud because its accountant at the time, Mazars USA, never raised red flags about the payments.
"Allen called me into his office and told me to do it," Tarasoff said."He said, 'I want you to go in and take my name off.'"
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