The former president’s lawyers may not be trying to win his New York trial instead, they’re dragging it out in hopes of solving his other political and legal problems.
During his bank fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump’s lawyers said ex-controller Jeff McConney wasn’t an expert on real estate values except that was his job for Trump.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersFor years, a high-ranking accountant at the Trump Organization was the point man for ensuring that tweaked numbers padded Donald Trump’s wealth on paper.But when he appeared on the witness stand at the former president’s bank fraud trial last week, the accountant’s supposed finance expertise suddenly vanished into thin air.Jeffrey McConney, who recently retired as the company’s controller, has spent recent years facing close l
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