I thought President Trump handed over the day-to-day operations of The Trump Organization to Don Jr. and Eric after taking office. If these legal expenses were booked in 2017, how is President Trump responsible for them?
Am I missing something?
I guess I'm not clear about the timeline. Didn't the NDA with Clifford happen in October 2016? Unless the transactions were booked in the first 20 days of the year, what were the transactions that occurred in 2017 while President Trump's children were running the company?
-PJ
The first transaction was booked in February. You are right about Trump having delegated control of the Trump Organization to Eric and Don Jr. But the jury verdict makes that point moot. What I’m addressing is a broader question; beyond the particulars about the merits or demerits of the case, a broad immunity decision can’t help but impact the Bragg case.
“I thought President Trump handed over the day-to-day operations of The Trump Organization to Don Jr. and Eric after taking office. If these legal expenses were booked in 2017, how is President Trump responsible for them?”
Because the prosecution said he was.
“while President Trump’s children were running the company?”
Jr. and his lawyer were the trustees on the revocable trust.
Trump was authorized to withdraw funds at his request.
Not missing anything except the illegality was not the check, the theory as far as I can follow any donkey logic was that the conspiracy is the crime and this happened during the candidacy of Trump in 2016 before he became president.