Allen Weisselberg To Plead Guilty. So What Happens Next?

By Susie Madrak — August 16, 2022

The Trump Organization's CFO, Allen Weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to tax charges in the SDNY as soon as this week, sources told ABC News.

Weisselberg, 75, is currently scheduled to go on trial in the fall, but a hearing in the case is now scheduled for this Thursday, in what could be a sign that he could change his plea then.

[...] Weisselberg, along with former President Donald Trump's namesake family real estate firm, was charged last year with tax fraud after they were accused of compensating employees "off the books" in order to pay less in taxes.

According to the charging documents, Weisselberg avoided taxes on more than $1.7 million over the past 15 years, resulting from the payment of his rent on an apartment in a Trump-owned building and related expenses that prosecutors said included cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren.

Now, here's the tricky part, for which we will all stay tuned:

BREAKING: Weisselberg cuts deal with Manhattan DA; 5 months, no cooperation.

Now Weisselberg can’t plea Fifth for anything he pled guilty on — so he can be subpoenaed to testify before the Manhattan DA grand jury and in the NY AG civil case.

Something deeper is going on.

— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) August 16, 2022

This plea would do two things-- Put a ton of pressure on Trump Org,, which is still a defendant, and also permit the DA to put Weisselberg in the GJ (even though he says he is not cooperating) and force him to testify.

Weisselberg NY Plea Deal https://t.co/MHcehKvyhG

— Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) August 15, 2022

On Weisselberg:

To understand Manhattan DA next step. This guilty plea now allows NY to force Weisselberg to testify in a Grand Jury against Trump, even as he declares he will not cooperate. Grand Jury testimony gives the witness transactional immunity.. https://t.co/gGHKv5Uwp3

— Tomi T Ahonen Now Confiscating His Own Passport (@tomiahonen) August 15, 2022

Can't wait to see whether he does testify.

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