ego. mr. trump direct med to find a straw bidder to purchase a portrait of him auctioned off at an art hampton event. the painting by william quigley was several portraits to benefit a local performing arts center and trump wanted to walk away as the biggest winner. the objective was to ensure that this portrait which was going to be auctioned last would go for the highest price of any portrait that afternoon. reporter: cohen even pointed to this tweet from trump around the time of the auction. just found out that at a charity auction of celebrity portraits, my portrait topped list at $60,000. co ebb told the committee trump sent him this article on the sale, crediting him with making it happen. but the problem. he said donald trump didn t pay for it. his charity did. mr. trump directed the trump found. which is supposed to be a charitable organization, to repay the fake bidder, despite keeping the art for himself.
this is exhibit 3a to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to find a bidder to purchase a portrait of him being auctioned off at an art hampton s event. the objective was to ensure the portrait which would be auctioned last would go for the highest price of any portrait that afternoon. the portrait was purchased by the fake bidder for $60,000. mr. trump directed the trump foundation, which is supposed to be a charitable organization to repay the fake bidder despite keeping the art for himself and see exhibit 3b to my test mo moan testimony and my more common responsibilities is mr. trump direct med directed