Trump Organization, CFO Allen Weisselberg to be charged with tax crimes
The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer are expected to be charged with tax-related crimes Thursday, a new report says.
While former President Donald Trump is not expected to be
charged, the business and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg, are set to be hauled into
Manhattan court for allegedly dodging taxes on company perks, the Wall Street
Journal said Wednesday, quoting sources familiar with the situation.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — which along with
the state attorney general’s office has been investigating the company for more
than two years — finally pulled the trigger on the tax-evasion raps, the outlet
said.
The DA’s office also has reportedly been investigating
alleged insurance and bank fraud by the company, while AG Letitia James’ office
has been conducting closely related probes.
The expected tax-evasion charges are the first that
prosecutors have filed in the case.
The raps come as Weisselberg, 73, continues to refuse to
cooperate, sources told the Journal.
He and his lawyers have yet to comment on the investigation
or pending charges, the outlet said.
The former president has vehemently denied any wrongdoing,
issuing a scathing statement earlier this week blasting the probes as “a
continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time.
“Radical Left New York City and State Prosecutors, who have
let murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and all other forms of crime skyrocket to
record levels, and who have just announced that they will be releasing hundreds
of people involved in violent crime back onto the streets without retribution
of any kind, are rude, nasty, and totally biased in the way they are treating
lawyers, representatives, and some of the wonderful long-term employees and
people within the Trump Organization,” Trump responded.
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