The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, left, departs court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump's post-presidency, a New York judge ordered Friday that his company and its longtime finance chief stand trial in the fall on tax fraud charges stemming from a long-running criminal investigation into Trump's business practices. Photo: John Minchillo/AP 'A Whack-a-Mole Aspect to This': What the Weisselberg Plea Agreement Means for Donald Trump
Allen Weisselberg's plea deal reportedly does not involve cooperating with prosecutors on the Trump investigation.
August 16, 2022 at 06:09 PM
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Criminal Law
The news that former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is preparing to plead guilty to financial crimes likely represents another step in the winding down of the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into the Trump business activities, though the former president now faces legal troubles in several other jurisdictions, white-collar experts said Tuesday.
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