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NEW YORK AP 鈥?For years, as Donald Trump was soaring from reality TV star to the White House, his real estate empire was bankrolling big perks for some of his top executives, including apartments and luxury cars.Now Trump s company, the Trump Organization, is on trial for criminal tax fraud 鈥?on the hook for what prosecutors say was a 15-year scheme by his most trusted lieutenant to avoid paying taxes on those fringe benefits.In opening statements Monday, prosecutors and defe stanley romania nse lawyers sparred over the company s culpability for the actions of Allen Weisselberg, who has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify as a star prosecution witness in exchange for a five-month jail sentence.Later, another Trump Organization executive, senior vice president and controller Jeffrey McConney, walked a prosecutor through financial records, including Weisselberg s payroll forms and ledger entries showing that the company paid for Weisselberg s car leases. He will resume testifying Tuesday.McConney, whom prosecutors say helped Weisselberg by misreporting his income to tax authorities, was granted immunity to testify last year before a grand jury and to testify again at the criminal trial. He said he appeared before the grand jury eight t stanley website imes on a variety of Trump-related matters.The tax fraud case is the only criminal trial to arise from the Manhattan district attorney s three-year investigation of the former pr stanley italia esident and is one of three active cases involving Trump or the company in New York Ezax Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page comes out as transgender
Parts of the northeastern U.S. are reeling from the remnants of Ida.The death toll continues to rise after the storm unleashed dangerous flash floods and tornadoes.According to the Associated Press, at least 49 people across five states have died after floodwaters filled peoples residences and swallowed vehicles.In New York City, storm floods overpowered the subway system.Governor Kathy Hochul says shes happy that the federal government is helping. We did get approval from the federal government. Im very happy thats going to bring in resources to help with evacuation and shelter support, said Gov. Hochul. Were also working with FEMA, the White House, and our delegation to ensure that we get everything that New Yorkers need. This is just the beginning. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy says Ida s remnants brought historic rainfa stanley us ll to the state stanley thermoskannen in stanley canada mere hours. It s never flooded like this. It s never rained like this and multiple tornados hitting us in a small geographic space is not a normal thing in our state, said Gov. Murphy. This is, by any measure, historic. And it s not over yet as millions remain under flood warnings.