A longtime Trump accountant testified before a Manhattan grand jury for the DA's criminal-fraud investigation, report says

• The Manhattan DA is investigating if Trump misrepresented his finances to lenders and investors.
• The DA convened a grand jury to discuss potential criminal charges in November.

A longtime accountant of former President Donald Trump recently gave evidence to a grand jury investigating whether Trump or his company committed fraud in their business dealings, The Washington Post reported. CNN later confirmed the report.

The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr has been investigating whether Trump or the Trump Organization inflated the value of some of his properties when trying to secure loans in 2019.

In November, Vance formed a grand jury to ascertain whether his office could pursue criminal charges.

Donald Bender, a Trump accountant with the firm Mazars, recently made a "brief" appearance in front of the grand jury, The Post said. Neither The Post nor CNN said when the appearance took place.

Bender had access to Trump's financial information and prepared financial statements that the Trump Organization sent to lenders, CNN reported.

Vance's office is also investigating whether Trump lied to his own accountants, The New York Times said Tuesday. Prosecutors believe potential lenders to Trump were provided with optimistic projections about the value of his assets that were drawn up by the Trump Organization, The Times said.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office and Mazars did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

During its investigation, Vance's office subpoenaed Trump's tax records and reportedly interviewed bankers and insurers from Deutsche Bank and Aon.

Prosecutors also recently interviewed Rosemary Vrablic, a former managing director at Deutsche Bank who was in charge of arranging loans for Trump that totaled hundreds of millions of dollars, CNN and The Post both said.

Vance's office previously filed a subpoena for eight years' worth of Trump's tax returns. Trump fought the subpoena in the Supreme Court but lost in February.

While details have not been made public, his tax returns can be used as part of a grand jury investigation.