Trump Defense Rests Case in NY Fraud Trial, as AG Calls Two Surprise Witnesses

Published on December 12, 2023

As the civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump in New York drew toward a close, the New York Attorney General’s office sprung two surprise rebuttal witnesses on the defense team. Kevin Sneddon, a former real estate broker for Trump International Realty, was presented as a witness to rebut the testimony of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, a codefendant in the case. Eric Lewis, an accounting professor, was presented as an expert to rebut the testimonies of accounting professor Eli Barton and Jason Flemmons, CPA. Trump attorney Chris Kise argued that these were not proper rebuttal witnesses, the attorney general should have presented them as witnesses before they rested their case, and the court should not allow the prosecutors to now “backfill” their case when they failed to meet the burden of proof initially....

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