Trump PAC paid part of nearly $900,000 fee to fraud trial expert witness
PUBLISHED FRI, DEC 8 20232:13 PM ESTUPDATED FRI, DEC 8 20234:03 PM EST

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An expert witness retained by the defense in the major civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump said he has been paid nearly $900,000 for his work on the case.
Save America, the leadership political action committee backing Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, paid at least some of the total, said the expert, New York University accounting professor Eli Bartov.
The Trump Organization paid the remainder, Bartov said.
Former US President Donald Trump departs during a break in the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on December 7, 2023. Former US President Donald Trump was back in court on December 7, 2023, for his New York civil trial on fraud allegations, once again condemning the process as unfair. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and his two eldest sons are accused of inflating the value of their real estate asset