Weisselberg, who directly reported to Donald Trump for 35 years, will detail years of felonies committed by the Trump Organization.
would deliver an insider’s account of how the company allegedly spent 15 years engaging in a massive fraud scheme that boosted executive pay while allowing the company to avoid paying taxes. “This case is about greed and cheating, cheating on taxes,” attorneytold the jury. “The scheme was conducted, directed, and authorized at the highest level of the accounting department.” Weisselberg’s testimony, she added, “will give you the inside story of how he conducted this tax scheme.
While Weisselberg could, in theory, try to lie about the scheme in an effort to remain loyal to Trump, such a choice could result in his going to prison for up to 15 years. If he tells the truth—that he, as CFO of the company, engaged in a scheme to compensate himself and other executives with off-the-books perks for which taxes were not paid, and that he personally dodged taxes on $1.
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