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Bartov testified that he "did not find any evidence of material misstatement" in the former president's financial statements and "no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud."

A prominent NYU accounting professor who is being paid to testify in Donald Trump's defense in a civil fraud trial heaped praise on the former president's financial records.

Central to the case are the statements of financial condition Trump had his accountants at Mazars USA LLP send to lenders detailing his assets and their values.

Her answers, and the documents displayed to her on the stand, show she was deeply aware of the importance of his net worth in securing the best terms on loans.

Trump acknowledged he had a hand in preparing the financial statements that valued his properties.

He testified that financial documents sent to Deutsche Bank were "accurate," even though a judge has already determined they were fraudulent.

"I relied upon Mazars and our accounting team" for the preparation of a financial statement, Donald Trump Jr. told the judge. "That's why we have accountants."

"The accountants worked on it," the eldest son of former president Donald Trump testified in a Manhattan courtroom. "That's what we paid them for."

Letitia James alleges all three Trump children were central figures in a scheme to inflate the former president's assets by as much as $3.6 billion a year to get better terms on loans and insurance policies.

The manner in which Charles Littlejohn pulled off one of the most egregious security breaches in IRS history was revealed in a court filing.