hi everyone, it s 4:00 in new york as we come on the air, we are following breaking news. at this hour, one of the disgraced twice impeached ex-president s closest advisers, allen weisselberg is on route to the notorious rikers island. if he hasn t arrived already. he s been sentenced to five months behind bars for executing a tax scheme. he had been facing up to 15 years in prison but struck a deal with prosecutors pleading guilty to 15 felony counts including tax fraud, conspiracy and grand larceny, and agreeing to testify against the trump org, though notably not against the big boss, donald hymn or any of his family. weisselberg who is 75 years old has been with the trump org for 50 years. technically he was the chief financial officer, but cfo doesn t capture how central he is to the trump org and the shady transactions or how complicit he was in the dirty dealings of the ex-president. nobody knows that better than michael cohen who had and has and has shared the receipt
Dont wait call today. Code now and ask about the bosley guarantee central. Today. And second welcome back. Its wednesday, april 10, right now on cnn this morning, a Civil War Era Abortion Law Reinstated in arizona, igniting a problem for republicans that donald trump was trying to tamp down President Biden, questioning israels war strategy against hamas and elevating his criticism of Prime Minister netanyahu and House Republicans delaying their attempt to impeach Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas all right 6 00 a. M. Here in washington, theres a live look at the Nations Capital on this wednesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us problem leave it up to the states. That was Donald Trumps Big Announcement On Abortion Rights on monday. But it didnt take long for voters to be reminded what leave it up to the states actually can look like. The state Supreme Court in arizona upheld an 18, 64. Yes, thats correct. 18 64 law. The bands
money to stormy daniels and reimburse michael cohen. executive one was alan weisselberg. there would have been no stormy daniels hush money scheme without allen weisselberg. in the office with me was allen weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the trump organization. he acknowledged that he was going to pay the 130 how, and that he and i should go back to his office and figure out how to do it. the bottom signature, i believe, is allen weisselberg. can you suggest who we should talk to for additional information? david becker, barry howard,
both, trump and weisselberg had knowledge of the hush-money payments. he testified about this before the house oversight committee in 2019. other checks to reimburse me for the hush-money payments were signed by donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg. reporter: throughout his testimony, he mentions weisselberg many, many times. the bottom signature, i believe, is allen weisselberg s. i was asked, again, with allen weisselberg. i was instructed by allen. in the office, with me, was allen weisselberg. cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion and violating federal campaign finance law, among other things. and was sentenced to three years this prison. in 2018, weisselberg was granted limited immunity in the cohen investigation so that he could share information with federal prosecutors in new york. trump, once, shared his views on immunity at a rally. and if you re not guilty of a crime, why do you need immunity for?
payments. he testified about this before the house oversight committee in 2019. other checks to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by donald trump, jr. and allen weisselberg. reporter: throughout his testimony he mentions weisselberg many, many times. the bottom signature i believe is allen weisselberg s. i was asked again with allen weisselberg. i was instructed by allen. in the office with me was allen weisselberg. reporter: cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion and violating federal campaign finance law among other things and was sentenced to three years in prison. in 2018 weisselberg was granted limited immunity in the cohen investigation so that he could share information with federal prosecutors in new york. trump once shared his views on immunity at a rally. and if you re not guilty of a crime why do you need immunity for? when it comes to those hush