Manhattan prosecutors called their last witness Monday in the Trump Organization's criminal trial.
in the case and agreed to testify for the prosecution. During more than three days of testimony, he described receiving annual bonuses in which he was called an independent contractor, and deducting the value of luxury benefits from his income. Defense attorneys rejected that portrayal, saying Weisselberg deceived the company and betrayed the trust of the Trump family.
Prosecutors had previously indicated they might call Bender, a partner at the accounting firm Mazars USA who worked on the Trump account for four decades, but ultimately chose not to.
"The highly paid accounting firm should have routinely picked these things up - we relied on them. VERY UNFAIR!" Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social on Nov. 18.
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