Allen Weisselberg, a longtime official of the Trump Organization, testified on behalf of the prosecution on Tuesday in the case's criminal trial for tax fraud.

[{"selector":"#anim-b6f8e06a-cd56-4b13-a3d4-72382a5076fa","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e42a0b2e-29e0-47fd-809b-1d5a17827f27","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -266.75282%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Weisselberg, the former CFO, admitted in court that the Trump Organization gave him $1.76 million in unreported, off-the-books benefits

[{"selector":"#anim-ed8973cc-df19-4d20-b4da-c2e7cd51de39","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e8fb176f-9448-46da-a6f8-f4c1bed80fa0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -298.3646%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d7a3ed65-b009-4261-a835-c308d69e2334 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

This testimony supported crucial claims made in the Manhattan district attorney's prosecution of the Trump Organization.

[{"selector":"#anim-13ff903c-be9d-4366-891b-c31c47791c29","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-335c7614-7ab9-464a-b4e5-40917f0eaaa6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -325.10891%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5bba8849-7c46-4fa7-b161-74a4435cc451 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(10.731997359467822%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

Weisselberg, who has spent over 50 years working for the Trump family, pled guilty in August

[{"selector":"#anim-c1e46f78-bd0a-4947-8d6c-e83fbaaad8a4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.29687488651016%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-105bd7c0-673f-48f6-a984-8413ac01cb4d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c7c71998-699f-4bd9-9edb-a3bd0fdefb6b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -452.49819%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

And consented to give a witness statement against the business of the late president Donald Trump.

[{"selector":"#anim-a22b3c5e-3117-41fc-b3dd-50c04f990dbc [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(15.608016334517025%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8ecb56b5-b02b-4e74-a392-a705cc3b2820","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-196a3c5b-8d36-45dc-afc0-fb380dec928c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -346.18735%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

When questioned by the prosecution, he admitted that he was aware that he owed taxes on the money received,

[{"selector":"#anim-c0d4ebc9-c114-4185-8c40-05eb567301c0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(51.4926967598784%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bbe09030-29ce-4251-a2ed-5c9d89dc757f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c3b10cce-1378-4511-b9de-10f8cc99e0b2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -379.33832%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Which went toward his grandchildren's private school tuition, a Hudson River-view condominium, and two Mercedes-Benz leases.

[{"selector":"#anim-aba98b6c-1fa3-47a6-ab5f-0ab848fb293a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(28.985507118861687%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fba8b670-f88f-4659-947c-dc5cd296a841","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4cce170c-7d8b-444b-964c-1a67d65b25c5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -330.99127%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

He said that because his income was underreported on his tax returns, he knew they were fraudulent.

[{"selector":"#anim-273b80c6-bd7d-408b-922e-3d9cc1fe32ee [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(48.8536003477943%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c98e74a6-19f6-476b-a006-3f082ddf7783","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d8921f57-987e-4b6a-81ca-6de76602346e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -453.16932%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

He claimed that the plan was advantageous for both him and the business, which, in order to provide the same benefit if taxes had been withheld

[{"selector":"#anim-6eeb36c1-9eaa-4b51-9b29-6a372c7f6ff9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(60.46404860075598%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-107ba3ef-ed85-41f1-b795-8d50ab8a417d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f04b9fc0-a0aa-4e01-bad1-dab7e9bea106","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -292.304%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

More Stories

[{"selector":"#anim-972f5599-002c-4727-911a-057ddeb1c8bd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-132.72729%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":700,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a932cd4e-3488-49b6-a406-c3fa9b0615ae","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":700,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d6609748-71f5-4a03-9187-0e817d391496","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":700,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-49c86ed6-abfc-4aa9-840b-47d73a313678","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-132.63889%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a368405a-1903-42e0-a755-ed29e68190f0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9f8ae759-24cc-467b-b253-4657ef634932","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-38c7d556-4594-49a2-b65d-64f421168477","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-182.91457%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cef25239-03b4-4390-b0ef-955dbc64015a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3f3f4d7f-9ef2-4207-82cc-7f43f2772f10","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":600,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f0e56511-5dc6-4d77-92b7-45227cc5e01b","keyframes":[{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":0},{"transform":"scale(1.05)","offset":0.33},{"transform":"scale(0.995)","offset":0.66},{"transform":"scale(1)","offset":1}],"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":3}] all images from internet Learn more