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Trump Organization faces criminal tax fraud trial over perks

Attorney Alan Futerfas, center left, and Defense attorney Michael van der Veen, center right, arrives to criminal court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. The Trump Organization is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Joshua Steinglass, center left, arrives to criminal court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. The Trump Organization is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, center left, arrives to criminal court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. The Trump Organization is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Attorney Susan Necheles arrives to criminal court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. The Trump Organization is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) A box bearing the words "The Trump Corp," "The Trump Payroll Corp," and "Allen Weisselberg," is brought to a courtroom as lawyers arrive to criminal court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. The Trump Organization is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. For years, as Trump was soaring from reality TV star to the White House, his real estate empire was bankrolling big perks for some of his most trusted senior executives, including apartments and luxury cars. Now Trump's company, the Trump Organization, is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud -- on the hook for what prosecutors say was a 15-year scheme by top officials to hide the plums and avoid paying taxes. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File)