Criminal indictments officially filed against Allen Weisselberg by Manhattan district attorney

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Criminal indictments officially filed against Allen Weisselberg by Manhattan district attorney

The Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has officially filed indictments of Trump Organization CEO Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization. The indictments were filed late Wednesday and the documents are in the system and will be public Thursday. The charges are believed to be tax-related...

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The Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has officially filed indictments of Trump Organization CEO Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization. The indictments were filed late Wednesday and the documents are in the system and will be public Thursday.

The charges are believed to be tax-related and Weisselberg is expected to turn himself in early in the morning, said Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold.

 

[Gomez Adams]

It's going to be a nothing burger.

After he turns himself in, instantly posts bail and walks right back out, he'll wind up paying fines, restitution and do a year or two of probation and that will be that.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

It's going to be a nothing burger.

Yep. If not claiming perks as income is all they have on Weissleberg then they have jack shit. First offense with a clean record he'll just get fines. Probably wont even get probation.

 

[Gomez Adams]

And pretty much what I thought. A bunch of overblown charges that will in all likelihood hold about as much water as a strainer.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I wouldn't be too sure about that. That they're calling it a 15 year long employee tax scheme to evade taxes says RICO to me. This shit is far from over.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Hope you're right. I'm not going to hold my breath though.

 

[Zeedox]

Whats the article 406 (460?) I hear about from NY?

 

[Gomez Adams]

Which is it? 406 or 460? There's both and both have subsections.

406 deals with real property tax. 460 deals primarily with enterprise corruption.

Both are serious code violations you really don't want to have to fight.

 

[Zeedox]

I believe it was 460. The relevancy was it would allow them (NY) to step in and take over.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Well, yes and no.

It would have to be something egregious like what happened with Fannie May and Freddie Mac.

Typically, it's used in route to a RICO charge.

 

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Eric Trump gets pilloried after giving away the game about the Trump Org indictment on live TV

The Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg found themselves in hot water this week when the Manhattan DA revealed an indictment alleging a pattern of criminal financial conduct dating back more than a decade.While it comes as no surprise that the Trump Organization...

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Speaking with Fox News, Eric Trump made a number of incriminating remarks that led many to believe that his father's company is actually guilty of doing what it has been accused of.

He even went a step further by weighing in on the alleged scheme the company is accused of. He dismissed the allegations describing the alleged kickbacks as nothing more than "employment perks." But that's conceding exactly the point at issue: The DA argues that the Trump Organization paid Weisselberg using these "perks" — such as renting him an apartment in New York City — to compensate him and avoid paying taxes. That's a crime, and calling the non-salary benefits "employment perks" doesn't reduce culpability. It confirms the prosecutors' account of events.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Oh. My. God.

MAGA idiot is going to MAGA idiot. Those statements can and will be used against them in a court of law.