A judge on Friday ruled the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Alan Weiselberg could face trial.
New York prosecutors allege Weiselberg avoided paying nearly $2 million in taxes over more than a decade by receiving indirect compensation from businesses and was part of a scheme to enrich Trump Organization executives and himself without reporting financial gains.
Prosecutors also alleged that Trump’s business failed to report the indirect compensation to the federal government, even though it tracked it.
Lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization earlier this year asked that the fraud and conspiracy charges against them be dismissed. Judge Juan Murchan dropped one charge against the Trump Organization and let the others go forward.
A lawyer representing Weisselberg declined to comment. The Hill has reached out to the Trump Organization and an attorney representing the business for comment.
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Both parties pleaded not guilty.
Trump also remains embroiled in a number of other legal matters, including an FBI search of his Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. The Wall Street Journal reported that officials were looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons.
Jury selection in the case is scheduled to begin on October 24.
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