A senior official at the Trump Organization testified before a New York grand jury, marking the latest development from the Manhattan district attorney’s office investigation into the former president’s private ventures.
Jeffrey McConney, longtime controller of the Trump Organization, is the first employee from Trump’s business to testify before the grand jury following a subpoena, according to ABC News. Other witnesses have also appeared before the special grand jury.
Prosecutors are seeking information on whether former President Donald Trump gave benefits to Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, and whether any taxes were paid on those perks, the New York Times said in a report.
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The reports said a spokesman for Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the district attorney overseeing the prosecutors, declined to comment, and the Trump Organization has not commented on the matter.
Vance’s investigation, which includes a look into the Trump Organization’s finances and a successful legal battle to obtain Trump’s tax returns, recently dovetailed with a separate inquiry by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both are Democrats.
News of a grand jury being impaneled shows Vance’s investigation, which began in 2018, is reaching its final stages as his team examines whether the former president or his businesses engaged in fraud. Time is also a factor, as Vance announced in March he will not seek reelection this year.
In a statement last month, the former president condemned the investigation, dubbing it a “continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in American history.”
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“This is purely political, and an affront to the almost 75 million voters who supported me in the Presidential Election, and it’s being driven by highly partisan Democrat prosecutors,” Trump said.
