Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg's testimony last week came to an abrupt halt mere hours after a Forbes writer accused him of perjury during an earlier appearance on the witness stand as part of former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial.
Weisselberg in his testimony claimed that he had "never focused" on the valuation of Trump's three-floor penthouse in Trump Tower in Manhattan. Trump's faulty math tagged the property nearly three times greater than its actual square footage.
But Forbes' senior editor Dan Alexander reported that a slew of emails and reporter notes not currently in the New York attorney general Letitia James's possession or circulating the public sphere are at odds with Weisselberg's testimony. "Weisselberg absolutely thought about Trump’s apartment — and played a key role in trying to convince Forbes over the course of several years that it was worth more than it really was," Alexander wrote. "It defies all logic to think he truly believes what he is now saying in court." Alexander also deduced that after Weisselberg reportedly misled investigators, he “lied in sworn testimony” last week about his role in that scheme.
Following the report's release, New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron held a closed-door meeting with lawyers for both parties, the details of which remain unknown. A source close to James said that her office was probing the Forbes piece.
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