to use inauguration funds to enrich the trump family by grossly overpaying for event space at its d.c. hotel. emails show weisselberg was called in to oversee the audit after the call for huge always of money raised and where it could have been spent. asked why weisselberg would be involved in the inaugural committee's internal audit, given that he was the cfo of the company allegedly benefitting from the grift, rick gates, you'll remember him. that he was great number. of course, his fluency with trump's finances is part of why there's a cloud of nerves hovering, since news broke that a special grand jury is convened in the manhattan investigation. said one trump adviser, the fact that they're dealing with the numbers guy who has plain details makes people more nervous. as far as we go, weisselberg's part in the investigation is not a line of inquiry currently being pursued by investigators in the manhattan district attorney's office. but he certainly appears to be feeling the squeeze as the main focus of prosecutors' inquiries. today, weisselberg's exdaughter-in-law who has supplied the. did. a's office with boxes of documents told another network