is worth noting that all o this, is taking place on the very same day, that alle weisselberg, the former chie financial officer of the trump organization, was released fro rikers, after serving roughl four months for his role on decade long tax fraud scheme it still weisselberg, appear to remain lawyer to loyal to mr. trump, but he s the kind o witness, that if flipped for the prosecution, could secur once and for all accountability for donal trump. and that is accountability with a capital a joining us now is catherin christian, a former specia assistant va, in the manhattan d.a. s office. catherine, thanks so much fo being here my pleasure so, first let s talk abou what s happening with th testimony, the subpoena of mar pomerantz. well, chairman jordan had a big victory today. it s been appealed the judge wrote a very biting, 25-page decision denying, d.a. bragg s motion t
mr. jordan to block him from enforcing the subpoena to mark pomerantz. but today, district judge mary this coastal denied mr. bragg request for a preliminar injunction quote, the subpoena was issued with a valid legislative purpose, in connection with th fraud and indispensabl congressional power to conduct investigations mr. pomerantz must appear, for the congressional deposition no one is above the law. dea bragg s office has now filed notice, that he is appealing that decision, and i is worth noting that all o this, is taking place on the very same day, that alle weisselberg, the former chie financial officer of the trump organization, was released fro rikers, after serving roughl four months for his role on decade long tax fraud scheme it still weisselberg, appear to remain lawyer to loyal to mr. trump, but he s the kind o witness, that if flipped for the prosecution, could secur once and for all accountability for donal
criminal indictment. which would carry big implications in terms of not just accountability but in terms of crimes, right exactly it is a wait here investigation. - it s civilly charged, th manhattan d.a. s office coul present to the grand jury an get an indictment. what if mr. weisselberg newly released from rikers, he has counsel at least what we r hearing what s being reported is that this council i potentially more of a hard-lin council in terms of not playin ball with prosecutors. this council is paid for by th trump organization, as his previous council was how do you read the tea leaves on where allen weisselberg may be in terms of his utility as potential witness and featur investigations well, he s clearly if he chose a valuable witness against donald trump and he is, to now he testified at the trial, w are the trump organization, an
you look someone in the eye an tell them that they can be a witness or a defendant, they tend to take that very seriously. and many times you will end up with cooperation when you are looking at a ce of a corporation corporation and you have cfos maybe over a period of years - who have been involved in th alleged fraud, those peopl will very often want t cooperate to minimize their ow exposure to prison so, now we have alle weisselberg, who spent som time in rikers, who could be looking at spending a lot more time in prison if there s ever a moment where he s highly motivated, it here but he was persistently refuse to cooperate overtime. yeah, and so you know who h is as a character in the trump universe he s been intensely loyal to the trump organization he worked for donald trump s father does it rain hello to you when folks suggest that maybe thi is just because he is so loyal to donald trump? i think he is incredibl loyal. i also think there s financial
he is. does it ring hollow tea when folks suggest that maybe thi is just because he s so loya to donald trump? i think is incredibly loyal and also think there s financial incentive right now the trump organization is paying his legal fees and they ve als paid him handsomely over years and years and years up t through the trial. i just think you can kno though, i just don t think it it perplexes a lot of people and a lot of people think abou it because you can just imagine this man sitting rutgers and facing - the rest of his life in jail or pass - or turn on somebody tha he s been incredibly loyal to. and just also i think imaginin the things that alle weisselberg would have to admi about himself if he turned i another thing, i think, that i another this is just such a huma decision yeah, a deeply human a emotional decision decision i do want to talk, becaus