The ex-CFO helped run Trump’s real estate empire during Trump’s presidency.
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new York A former Trump Organization executive has pleaded guilty to 15 years of tax evasion with Donald Trump’s family business. The admission obliges ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg to testify about the company’s business practices in the upcoming trial, Manhattan prosecutors said on Thursday.
Weisselberg is a longtime business partner of Trump. During his presidency, he helped run Trump’s real estate empire. “The confession directly implicates the Trump Organization in a broad spectrum of criminal activity,” prosecutor Alvin Bragg said.
Weisselberg and the Trump Organization, which manages golf clubs, hotels and other properties around the world, were charged in early July 2021 with a sweeping tax fraud spree. Trump himself has not been charged.
Jury selection for the trial begins Oct. 24 — 15 days before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, in which Trump’s Republican Party hopes to retake the chambers of Congress.
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A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization said the ex-executive, who worked for Trump for half a century, was “harassed, stalked and threatened by law enforcement…in their never-ending, politically motivated bid to get President Trump.” became”. The company did nothing wrong, she added.
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