November 18, 2022

Donald Trump responded to Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg's testimony on Thursday, in which he described how the former President and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities. As loyal as Weisselberg previously appeared to be, he has had enough. He spilled the tea on Donald Trump, Don Jr., and Eric Trump.

Donald took to Truth Social to call it "VERY UNFAIR!"

"The D.A. case against two small Trump entities has fallen apart. Even the Media is saying so," he wrote. "There has never been a "Fringe Benefits" case such as this brought before. Did a long time executive pay tax on the use of a company car, or a company apartment, or payments (not even taken by us as a tax deduction!) for the education of his grandchildren? For this, he gets handcuffs and jail? The highly paid accounting firm should have routinely picked these things up - we relied on them. VERY UNFAIR!"

"…Many people, perhaps most, don't pay tax on the use of a company car or company apartment. Whether they know or not, that's just the way it is. It's called "standards and practices," referring, I presume, to the standards and practices of large numbers of people within the Country," the perpetual victim added. "Out of fairness, it has a legal meaning. It should be a point in the Manhattan D.A. case. Did the former D.A. Pay tax on the use of his car? In the meantime, Violent Crime in New York has reached an ALL TIME HIGH!"

Lumpy is trying to make out as if people do this every day. The two Trump Organization entities he is referring to, and Weisselberg -- who is still on the company's payroll -- are accused of more than a dozen counts of fraud and tax evasion. In August, Weisselberg entered a guilty plea, admitting to charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office accusing him of receiving more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation.

Yeah, sure, just like everyday folks.

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