with New York prosecutors, expects the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to bring criminal charges against Mr. Trump's company, the Trump Organization, in the coming days, but told CBS News he does not foresee charges against the former president himself.
The Trump Organization's legal team anticipates the company will be accused of tax crimes relating to alleged failure to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks, including cars and apartment buildings provided to employees. According to sources familiar with conversations between the legal teams, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office gave defense lawyers until this past Monday to dissuade prosecutors from bringing charges against the company, which oversees the former president's real estate and business holdings.
Bennett Gershman, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for six years and now a law professor at Pace University, said it's not typical to bring a prosecution for allegedly neglecting to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks, but said the investigation is unique. "They listened very attentively, because they're very polite," Fischetti said. "It got a little aggressive sometimes. Back and forth. But that's always expected."