'Weisselberg Did It for Weisselberg': Trump Org's Phila.-based Defense Attorney Makes Closing Arguments in Fraud Trial
"The prosecutors have him by the balls," van der Veen told the jury, arguing that Weisselberg's testimony that he acted solely for himself is credible because "it isn't what the prosecutors want to hear."
December 01, 2022 at 03:24 PM
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TaxThe original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
In closing arguments Thursday in the criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization, defense attorneys Susan Necheles and Michael van der Veen urged jurors to consider whether the company's troubled ex-chief financial officer intended to benefit the company in his tax fraud scheme.
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