Former US president Donald Trump. Picture: REUTERS/GAELEN MORSE
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass blasted claims by lawyers for the Trump Organization companies that former CFO Allen Weisselberg acted alone and was the sole beneficiary of the fraud. “The Trump Organization cultivated a culture of fraud and deception, of lavishing perks to senior executives, of deliberately concealing their income from their accountants and then scapegoating those accountants,” he said.
Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges, served as the prosecution’s star witness, while Jeffrey McConney, the Trump Organization’s controller, testified for the government under a grant of immunity. Weisselberg admitted evading taxes on about $1.7m in fringe benefits.
If he was Aware then he acknowledged guilt , pay the money back and pump it into the economy. Ceize Assets for immediate payment, the people suffered long enough