Day two of jury selection in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial began Tuesday, with the former president giving reporters a preview of his potential defense: the hush-money payment actually was a legal expense — as far as he knew.
And “some accountant” at Trump Organization handled the paperwork he’s now on trial for.
“I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense,” Trump said in the hallway outside the courtroom in response to a shouted question by a pool reporter.
“Some accountant, I didn’t know, marked it down as a legal expense,” Trump rattled on.
“That’s exactly what it was. And you get indicted over that?” he continued.
The Manhattan district attorney’s indictment alleges that he falsified 34 Trump Organization business records — disguising them as legal fees for his then lawyer, Michael Cohen — to cover up an illegal scheme to interfere with the 2016 election.
The falsified records hid a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy …