Trump's former accountant Jeffrey Maconni cries in court during his bank fraud trial.

The trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump on bank fraud charges continued into its eighth week this past Tuesday, and former Trump Organization chief accountant Jeffrey McConney took the witness stand and even cried. But while McConney made it clear that he was tired of being the former president's scapegoat, his tears were not tears of remorse. Instead, McConney complained that law enforcement continues to track him to get to his former boss.

"I'm an honest man," he mumbled through tears, looking back at his time at the famed real estate company with a twinkle in his eye. "I was given the opportunity to do things that the average accountant'''would never have been allowed... I'm very proud of the work I've done for 35 years." He listed all the ways prosecutors have pressured him over the past five years, complaining about being subpoenaed by subpoenaed investigators and forced to testify at a tax fraud trial run by the Manhattan district attorney, forced to appear at a bank fraud trial run by the New York prosecutor.

When he spoke to a friendly defense attorney, however, McConney said nothing negative about the Trump Organization. Instead, he tediously talked about the documents for hours.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James

accused McConnie of''assisting the Trump family and former chief financial officer Allan Weisselberg in forging business documents to obtain favorable deals with banks and insurance companies.

"I just want to relax ... and stop being accused of misrepresenting the assets of the company I worked for," he yelled. "I believe everything has been explained ... I'm proud of what I've done. "

The unexpected emotional outburst was prompted by defense attorney Jesus M.

The answer, of course, speaks for itself.

McConnie was for years the Trump Organization's trusted comptroller, keeping track of the minutiae of internal finances and approving all kinds of checks written by the billionaire himself. But that role''also involved overseeing Trump's more questionable activities. Court records from previous cases show he was instrumental in Trump's plan to funnel charitable funds to then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a scheme that ultimately stripped Trump of his charity when the New York attorney general shut her down.

Bourgeoisie court in Manhattan last year revealed the way McConney helped businessmen avoid paying taxes. He admitted, with a smile under his white mustache, that he "tried to help them any way I could ... with some suggestions." The company was found guilty on all counts and fined $1.6 million.

But that's no thanks to McConney at all. Accountant''effectively tried to take all the blame and blame it on "personal mistakes."' One juror later told The Daily Beast that the jury quickly grew tired of his stunts, realizing "that he was guarding the prosecution's interests and simply unable to provide enough of a defense case. "

When attorneys general questioned McConnie a month ago about his role in an alleged bank and insurance fraud conspiracy involving nearly a dozen properties over a decade, the retiree had a much easier time on the witness stand Monday and Tuesday as he was asked routine questions by defense attorneys.

The story of his departure from the Trump Organization dug deeper into another important fact:

McConnie has left''heard that the fired chief financial officer was still drawing a salary of $640,000 a year and receiving an annual bonus of $500,000, including a payment he was happy to expect shortly after the trial. At the time, former prosecutors who spoke to The Daily Beast denounced it as a clear strategy to keep Trump's trusted aides on a short leash.

On Tuesday, McConney quickly regained his composure in front of prosecutor Andrew Emmer's appointed additional questions. And McConney again began pretending as if he didn't remember anything when asked about inconsistencies in the testimony.

On Monday, McConney claimed that the auditing firm Mazars USA wrote a certain''A paragraph in Trump's 2015 financial report full of digressions. That well supported the defense's attempts to create distance between Trump and some of the details in his vastly inflated personal financial statements.

On cross-examination Tuesday, however, Amer showed an image on a screen in the audience and pointed out that McConnie had written the same paragraph in blue pen.

The handwritten note extolled the mogul's "brand value" and the opportunities it presented to Trump in the international licensing deals reflected in the balance sheet of this report.

When she inquired about it, McConnie reverted to his old habits, and again claimed he couldn't remember who wrote it.