Trump Organization tax case wraps up with closing arguments

Trump Organization tax case wraps up with closing arguments
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company “cultivated a culture of fraud and deception” by lavishing luxe perks on executives and falsifying records to hide the compensation, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday during closing arguments at the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial.

Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Joshua Steinglass' fiery summation followed defense arguments that sought to focus blame for the fraud on longtime company finance chief Allen Weisselberg, who has admitted scheming to avoid paying personal income taxes on a company-paid apartment, luxury cars and other goodies.after prosecutors objected to the display — the latest dust-up involving Trump Organization lawyers. He halted arguments so she could remove any other precluded testimony from her slideshow.
Necheles said the error wasn’t intentional and apologized to the jury when she resumed her argument after a half-hour break.

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