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Trump Lawyers Want Us to Believe Key Witness Knows Nothing

FEIGNED IGNORANCE

During his bank fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump’s lawyers said ex-controller Jeff McConney wasn’t an expert on real estate values—except that was his job for Trump.

Jose Pagliery
Jose Pagliery 

Political Investigations Reporter

Photo illustration of a courtroom sketch of Jeff McConney with the words “In Jeff We Trust” crossed out behind his head and a flourish of a money border at the bottom.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters
Jose Pagliery

Jose Pagliery

Political Investigations Reporter

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