NEW YORK — An Upper West Side mom called for jury duty at the Trump Organization trial — whose kids went to prep school with Allen Weisselberg’s grandchildren — always wondered how the family afforded their life of luxury.
The 54-year-old lawyer, who declined to provide her name, was among the first New Yorkers dismissed from jury duty at the high-profile trial that kicked off Monday at Manhattan Supreme Court.
Central to the Manhattan district attorney’s case is luxury, untaxed “work” expenses that had no relation to the real estate business whose accounts Weisselberg oversaw for decades. That includes his grandkids’ private school tuition at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and a rent-free apartment overlooking Central Park for his son Barry’s young family. The long-serving chief financial officer pleaded guilty to 15 felonies last month.
