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Jury selection to begin in the Trump¹ Organization's tax evasion² trial

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Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former President Trump's family business. The Trump Organization is accused of evading⁴ taxes by compensating⁵ employees through off-the-books benefits.

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Jury selection begins this morning in Manhattan in the trial of former President Trump's family businesses. NPR's Ilya Marritz reports the Trump Organization is accused of evading taxes by compensating employees through off-the-books benefits, such as luxury cars, apartments and private-school tuition.

ILYA MARRITZ, BYLINE⁶: Ex-presidents don't often see businesses they owned charged with crimes, but that's just one of the things that makes this proceeding⁷ unique.

DAN ALONSO: Well, it's certainly one of the strangest cases I've ever seen.

MARRITZ: Dan Alonso, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan who's now in private practice. Take the star witness - it's the erstwhile Trump Organization chief financial officer now on paid leave. Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme in August, and Dan Alonso notes Weisselberg is being prepped to take the stand both by prosecutors⁸ and by the Trump defense⁹ team.

ALONSO: The DA is going to know exactly what he's going to say, which is not unusual. And the defense is going to know exactly what he's going to say. And he's presumably going to keep his job.

MARRITZ: The trial's start comes as Donald Trump faces a mounting array of litigation, including a Justice Department probe into his handling of classified documents and a Georgia investigation¹⁰ into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This case is the culmination¹¹ of a three-year battle in which Trump went to the United States Supreme¹² Court twice in an effort to block the probe. He lost both times. Alonso says it could take time to seat a jury in Donald Trump's hometown, where he is not well liked, but he is well known.

ALONSO: It's not a disqualifier, by the way, if you have heard about a case. You just need to be able to be fair.

MARRITZ: That's Step 1, as the trial begins today. The Trump Organization has pleaded not guilty. If jurors find otherwise, the maximum penalty could be in the neighborhood of $1.6 million. There's no question they could afford to pay, but if the former president's company is convicted of a felony, that could make it a lot harder to do business.

Ilya Marritz, NPR News, New York.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 evading   

逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。

5 compensating   

补偿，补助，修正

参考例句：

• I am able to set up compensating networks of nerve connections. 我能建立起补偿性的神经联系网。
• It is desirable that compensating cables be run in earthed conduit. 补偿导线最好在地下管道中穿过。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

8 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。

12 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。