In a positively explosive turn of bad luck for the corrupt, scandal-ridden ex-president, Rolling Stone is now reporting that former longtime Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, has agreed to appear in a Manhattan court, where he will admit to conspiring with multiple companies belonging to Donald Trump, as part of his guilty plea to state tax crimes, per inside sources who spoke with the publication.
This is a drastic 180 compared to previous reporting on the matter from earlier this week when it was revealed that Weisselberg was nearing a plea deal with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office who have been investigating the ex-President’s business for some time now, but reportedly refused at the time to cooperate with the district attorney’s office’s ongoing investigation into his old boss, former President Donald Trump.
Rolling Stone reports:
As part of Weisselberg’s plea deal, he has agreed to testify against The Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation at trial, which is scheduled for October.
If called to the witness stand during trial, Weisselberg will provide testimony that is the same as what he admits to in court this week, the source said. One of the sources said that while Weisselberg is agreeing to testify, that does not mean he necessarily will; it depends on whether prosecutors decide to call him. The New York Times first reported that Weisselberg was expected to plead guilty, and CNN reported he would testify if called.”
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The inside sources who spoke with Rolling Stone added that Weisselberg continues to refuse to cooperate or assist with the investigation against Donald Trump past his testimony regarding his conspiring with the former president’s companies. However, that does nothing to take away from the potential, serious threat that Weisselberg’s testimony poses to the former president who is already in a highly vulnerable state. The impending testimony, which will assumably implicate Donald Trump’s companies in court, could be the final key for prosecutors to lodge a guilty verdict against the ex-president’s businesses.
Weisselberg’s guilty plea and subsequent deal stem from charges of tax fraud in relation to his actions within the former president’s family company that he was officially indicted on last summer.
Read the full breaking report from Rolling Stone here.
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