Brendan McDermid/Reuters, left; Marco Bello/Reuters, right
- Trump's Manhattan civil fraud trial began week 3 on Monday with testimony by a Trump Org finance VP.
- He said CFO Allen Weisselberg told him, "Mr. Trump" wants his net worth numbers to go up each year.
- NY officials say this helps show Trump headed a conspiracy to defraud bankers and insurers.
One of Donald Trump's top finance executives on Monday gave the most powerful testimony yet supporting New York officials' claim that the former president was at the head of a longstanding conspiracy to defraud bankers and insurers about his net worth.