Why the Allen Weisselberg subpoena is so dangerous for Trump

[babylonsister]

https://thinkprogress.org/allen-weisselberg-subpoenaed-trump-organization-cohen-investigation-187aa7fafd57/

Why the Allen Weisselberg subpoena is so dangerous for Trump
Allen Weisselberg, the man at the financial center of Trump's businesses, presents a new problem for the president.
Ryan Koronowski
Jul 26, 2018, 3:52 pm

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Weisselberg serves as the Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, having joined the company after he graduated college in the 1970s. He mostly keeps a low profile: his name does not appear on the Trump Organization’s website, and he has been described as Trump’s “closest business confidant,” and a Trump aide who “fits in with the wallpaper.”

Since Trump’s inauguration, Weisselberg — along with the president’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric — has been responsible for any company decisions, supposedly without any involvement on the part of the president.

He was named a trustee of the neither blind nor independent Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which holds the president’s assets (and from which the president can withdraw money whenever he wishes). Bloomberg reported that Weisselberg also became deeply involved in Trump’s personal finances over the years; among other things, he “paid household bills, made large purchases for Trump, and has communicated with Trump’s outside investment advisers.”

Weisselberg was also the treasurer of the now-defunct Donald J. Trump Foundation. The charity is being sued by the state of New York for “extensive and persistent violations of state and federal law,” including allegedly using charity funds to support Trump’s presidential campaign. Weisselberg’s name notably showed up in an email Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski sent before the Iowa caucuses asking, “Is there any way we can make some disbursements this week while in Iowa? Specifically on Saturday.”

Weisselberg has not been charged with anything, but his involvement with the investigation could open up new avenues for investigators.

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https://thinkprogress.org/allen-weisselberg-subpoenaed-trump-organization-cohen-investigation-187aa7fafd57/

[spanone]

1. He knows where the bodies of the cousins of the bodies are buried

[exboyfil]

2. I think he is one that was listed as an officer

for the Charity but said that was news to him.

[Leghorn21]

3. KICK, REC, LOVE!! - from link:

“As of yet, the president has not commented on the new development.”

THAT’S OKAY, WE’LL WAIT

[SallyHemmings]

5. I wonder if Trump treated him like crap too?

[Leghorn21]

7. No doubt, Sally! Has he ever been nice to anyone except Ivanka, Vlad Putin, and Roy Moore?

NYET!

[SallyHemmings]

8. How do you say Touche' in Russian?

[Leghorn21]

9. I don't rightly know, Sally - but I bet Roy Moore does!

[SallyHemmings]

10. No doubt

[matt819]

4. I'm kind of hoping for a revised article, with the following change

Above: Weisselberg has not been charged with anything. . .

Preferred: Weisselberg has not been charged with anything yet. . .

[Scurrilous]

6. K&R

[honest.abe]

11. This guy should be able to fill in the blanks in Cohen's testimony.

Between these two I suspect there should be more than enough to indict the lunatic.

[Major Nikon]

12. The first guy you don't want talking to the FBI is your lawyer

The second is your money man.

As if anyone had any lingering doubts, he’s forked now.

[Gothmog]

13. There is no accountant client privilege

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