By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump was aware of allegedly illegal tax practices at his namesake real estate company, a senior executive indicated in testimony on Thursday during the Trump Organization’s criminal trial on charges of tax fraud. Jeffrey McConney, the company’s controller, was asked by a prosecutor in Manhattan whether former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg told him he and Trump had discussed reducing Weisselberg’s salary, which would be taxed, to offset rent payments that the Trump Organization made on the CFO’s Manhattan apartment. McConney at …