Trump PAC paid part of nearly $900,000 fee to fraud trial expert witness
- The political action committee supporting Donald Trump's 2024 campaign paid almost $900,000 to an expert witness in Trump's New York civil fraud trial.
- The witness, NYU Accounting Professor Eli Bartov, testified that there was no evidence of accounting fraud by Trump and his co-defendants.
- Bartov disclosed that he was paid by both The Trump Organization and Save America PAC, but stated that the compensation did not affect his testimony.
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Defense witness says Trump paid him nearly $900K for fraud trial testimony
Donald Trump paid an expert witness for his defense substantially more than had been previously indicated. New York University accounting professor Eli Bartov testified Thursday that he did not believe the former president had committed fraud when filing financial disclosures with applications for bank loans. On cross-examination Friday, Bartov testified that he was paid $1,350 an hour for his testimony, and he worked a total of 650 hours on t…
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