Expert Says He Couldn’t Find a ‘Single’ Accounting Provision Violated in Trump Fraud Trial

Award-winning researcher and professor of accounting at NYU’s Stern School of Business Eli Bartov ‘couldn’t find a single GAAP provision that was violated.’
Expert Says He Couldn’t Find a ‘Single’ Accounting Provision Violated in Trump Fraud Trial
Former President Donald Trump looks on during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Dec. 7, 2023. Mike Segar/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Washburn
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Former President Donald Trump returned to Manhattan’s famous courthouse on Dec. 7 to hear the last expert witness testify in his defense before he will take the stand himself next week.

Eli Bartov, professor of accounting at NYU’s Stern School of Business and an award-winning researcher, has published several papers on financial reporting misconduct—the issue at the heart of the case against President Trump.

Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”
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