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Trump's CFO Allen Weisselberg cuts a DEAL: Longtime lieutenant of ex-president faces five months in prison when he 'pleads guilty Thursday to $1.7M tax fraud in NYC' - but he refuses to turn on former president

2022-08-16

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Plea discussions between Allen Weisselberg's counsel and the Manhattan District Attorney's office remain ongoing

The allegations of fraud include payments for rent, cars and school tuition fees
Ugh. All are standard non-monetary compensations for senior executives and the more generous ex-pat packages. For execs there is usually a business entertainment and spouse wardrobe package as well. Mr. Wife was given rent, car, and school tuition supplements beyond the Cincinnati norm for such expenses when we were posted to Europe by the international Fortune 100 company, back when he was still a dear little group leader, and a parties-for-the-troops budget for team building as an associate director. The Manhattan District Attorney is pounding the table because he hasn’t got anything substantial.
At a hearing on Friday the judge in the case said jury selection would start in October

Trump called the probe by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, and a parallel civil case by New York AG General Letitia James, politically-motivated 'witch hunts'

The plea deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump's business practices

Three insider sources who spoke to the Associated Press did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday's hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.

Do they indeed? Perhaps that’s what we’ll see in two days.

Weisselberg's lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.

The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump's business practices.

Or he could get, and do, nothing at all, which is even less than a three month holiday at a low security prison. Interesting times, my dears, and more interesting still for those who respond like cats to laser pointers when Donald Trump is involved.

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