DA's bombshell indictment against Trump's company and CFO is just the tip of the iceberg
The Manhattan district attorney's office on Thursday dropped a highly anticipated indictment against the Trump Organization and its longtime CFO, Allen Weisselberg. The sweeping 25-page document charged the defendants with 15 felonies including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, grand larceny, tax fraud, and falsifying business records.
On its face, the indictment isn't perilous for former President Donald Trump, who has spent the last several months accusing the DA's office of political persecution while privately expressing alarm about the case. He wasn't charged with any crimes this week and he was not the unindicted co-conspirator mentioned in the document. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization both pleaded not guilty.
That said, Thursday's development could signal potentially serious legal and financial problems for the ex-president down the road.
The first and most risky possibility is that Trump himself could be charged if investigators discover that he engaged in criminal conduct. The probe is still ongoing, and prosecutors named him several times in the indictment while laying out the facts of the case. Carey Dunne, one of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s top deputies, also mentioned Trump at Weisselberg's arraignment Thursday.
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