Evidence at fraud trial shows Trump’s financial statements were key to loan deal

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Evidence at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York has showed his yearly financial statements were integral to some of his business empire’s loan deals, despite him saying he never believed they “would be taken very seriously”.

A state lawyer showed letters that former Trump company controller Jeffrey McConney sent to a bank, saying he was providing copies of the business mogul’s 2015 and 2016 financial statements as required under the conditions of a loan for his Seven Springs estate north of New York City.