Donald Trump Swears To Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But. For Once… 36578

Earlier this week, the prosecution rested their case against billionaire mogul, Conrad Black, thus opening the door for the defense to try anything and everything to win over the jury. Which might explain why they’ve invited Donald Trump, officially to have him testify on their client’s behalf, unofficially to distract the jury with his residual star wattage.

But Trump’s task won’t be an easy one. The Apprentice star is reportedly being called up on to put a positive spin on the over-the-top “surprise” 60th birthday party Black threw for his wife, Barbara…which he then charged on the corporate card.

Reports the Post:

[The defense’s] focus will be on Trump’s account of [Black’s wife’s] extravagant birthday fete. Hollinger International picked up two-thirds of the $62,869.57 tab for the party at New York’s pricey French restaurant La Grenouille, where guests feasted on Beluga caviar and lobster washed down with $320 bottles of Dom Perignon and $13,000 worth of wine.

Prosecutors charge the party was “a social occasion with little, if any, business purpose.”

You hear that? Black—oops, we mean Hollinger International—spent $13,000, on wine alone. That’s practically enough to buy a new car (or at least a Kia). And here we were conflicted about those four cocktails we threw back at yesterday’s Happy Hour.

Anyhow, while we can’t imagine how a fete for a dour, menopausal old WASp totaled $60K in the first place, we certainly can’t figure out exactly how The Donald plans to paint the resplendent affair as a worthwhile business expense.

All we know is Trump better do a better job of spinning this than he did with Martha Stewart’s failed Apprentice spin-off. Because Black’s about to be judged by a so-called jury of his peers, and we’re willing to bet none of them has too much first-hand experience with Beluga caviar.

Or, for that matter, with women named Lady Barbara Amiel Black, of Crossharbour.