Trump Organization, CFO indicted
By Michael R. Sisak and Tom Hays - Associated Press
Allen Weisselberg, center, departs Manhattan criminal court Thursday in New York. Weisselberg was arraigned a day after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him and Trump’s company with tax crimes. Trump himself was not charged.
AP Photo/John Minchillo
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme that saw the Trump executive allegedly receive more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment rent, car payments and school tuition.