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Jeff McConney, former longtime controller at Trump Organization, testifying now
By Kyle Schnitzer
Jeff McConney, the former longtime controller of the Trump Organization, was sworn in and has taken the stand as the next witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
McConney worked directly under the Trump Organization’s former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, who was sentenced to five months in jail in April after admitting to lying during Trump’s civil fraud trial.
McConney previously testified in two trials tied to Trump including the civil fraud trial, where he was a co-defendant.
The real estate mogul was ordered to pay a total of $450 million for inflating the value of Trump’s property assets. A judge ruled that McConney was banned from serving in any financial management role at any New York company.
A judge also ruled that he was banned from holding an officer role at any New York company for three years.
He testified that the Trump Organization is paying for his lawyer today.
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Jurors being shown Michael Cohen's invoices from 2017
By Kyle Schnitzer
Jurors are being shown monthly invoices sent by Michael Cohen in 2017 after the alleged hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
Jeff McConney, the former controller at the Trump Organization, testified under direct examination that the Trump Organization agreed to repay Cohen $420,000 in exchange for his out-of-pocket $130,000 payment made to Daniels.
Earlier, McConney discussed how he and CFO Allen Weisselberg discussed what was owed to Cohen, which included a $50,000 tab to Red Finch tech services, which brought the amount to $180,000.
But that number was doubled to $360,000 to offset taxes, according to McConney, who said Cohen also received a $60,000 bonus in 2017.
Cohen's invoices, sent to Weisselberg, came via email, evidence shows.
Cohen was sent monthly installments of $35,000 by the Trump Organization for phony legal expenses for 12 months, McConney's testimony shows.
Great graphic, @DCPatriot!
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Here's a graphic no team or fan would ever want, yet here we are.
What the heck?????
McConney said it was a “teaching moment” for him.I hope it taught him that he had no sense of humor.