Michael Cohen testified in court that he inflated the value of Donald Trump's assets to whatever number Trump wanted. Trump would allegedly look at the total assets and claim to be worth more than he actually was. Cohen also stated that he and the then-CFO Allen Weisselberg were responsible for conjuring up valuations to support an arbitrary net worth figure. The testimony is part of a courtroom showdown that has been five years in the making.
Cohen took to the witness stand to attack Trump and told the jury that during his time working for the Trump Organization he inflated the former president’s assets to "whatever number Trump told us to." “I was tasked by Mr. Trump to increase the total assets based upon a number… https://t.co/W9Ah99f5Eh
In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” https://t.co/UQ12Hosjyt
In their first interaction in five years, Michael Cohen testified that Donald Trump, his ex-boss, manipulated his net worth. https://t.co/ZqXXxaz6za
In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” https://t.co/UQ12Hosjyt
Michael Cohen says he was told to boost Trump's asset values 'arbitrarily' https://t.co/2iqmihhMVp https://t.co/j9AHxn306S
Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that former President Trump was personally involved in an alleged fraud scheme at the Trump Organization, and that Trump left it up to Cohen and then CFO Allen Weisselberg to conjure up valuations that could support an arbitrary net worth figure. https://t.co/4hqaaAOYrX
Michael Cohen testified that he inflated asset values to "whatever number" Trump wanted. Trump "would look at the total assets and say ‘I’m actually not worth 4.5 billion. I am really worth more like $6 billion.'" Story: https://t.co/FQsqqhYtOd https://t.co/TI1TIUryIB
In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” https://t.co/mQYGtx5ODL
Not at all hard to believe... Michael Cohen on the stand just said, “I was asked by Trump to increase total assets based upon a number he arbitrarily elected & my responsibility…was to reverse engineer & increase those assets to achieve the number Trump had tasked us to.”
Michael Cohen said Trump would come up with his own net worth estimations, and it was up to him and ex-Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg to make the numbers work. "I was asked to increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected." @NBCNews