Jury shown Weisselberg lease signed by Trump himself - The Hill

Former President Trump signed the lease of an Upper West Side flat utilized by erstwhile Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, prosecutors showed the assemblage astatine the company’s transgression taxation fraud proceedings connected Tuesday, Bloomberg reported.

The lease represents portion of the prosecution’s efforts to amusement that the Trump Organization and its executives engaged successful a years-long strategy to debar taxes — 1 that was sanctioned by the highest echelons of the company, according to Bloomberg.

Weisselberg, the prosecution’s cardinal witness, reportedly received a $6,500-a-month flat connected the Upper West Side of Manhattan and $10,000 for moving fees from the Trump Organization. 

The lease shown to jurors connected Tuesday noted that the flat was meant to beryllium leased by Weisselberg oregon different institution employees and was signed by Trump himself, Bloomberg reported.

The Trump Organization has been indicted connected accusations of providing institution executives with perks to evade taxes. The erstwhile president himself is not charged successful the case, though the presiding justice said past week that Trump and his 3 big children whitethorn beryllium called to testify.

However, the proceedings was brought to a halt later connected Tuesday after Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney, the prosecution’s archetypal witness, tested affirmative for COVID-19.