Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann defined why traces from Donald Trump’s enterprise books might be used towards the previous president by prosecutors in his hush-money trial, which is scheduled to start on Mar. 25.
Trump’s previous written feedback about his “hands-on” method to operating his companies and his frugality might be amongst 4 dozen quotes launched as proof towards him, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Prosecutors will use them to indicate how Trump wasn’t a hands-off government who didn’t actually know the finer particulars of his corporations, stated Weissmann.
The case facilities on payoffs that have been made to porn actor Stormy Daniels and Playboy mannequin Karen McDougal earlier than the 2016 election to maintain quiet over alleged sexual encounters with the then-reality TV persona.
“What they want to show is he is a hands-on boss, that he is frugal, he watches every dime, that’s going to be theory of their case. That’s why these statements are going to be relevant to them,” Weissmann continued.
“Obviously, those are bricks that you use to build a wall […], and the defense will have to figure out how they’re going to attack that,” he added. “But that’s the reason for why those statements are going to be something that the prosecution wants to introduce to help build their case.”