influence her testimony. and that is what this looks like. now, we need more facts. we need to know, exactly, how this came forward, what was said? how did she get it? what was the notice that she received? who was responsible for sending that notice? these are, all, questions, as a prosecutor, i would be asking. but on the surface yeah. nick nick, let me ask you something very straightforward. and i m not trying to be overly simplistic here. but if you are accused, in the public square, of these type of crimes. tax evasion and other malfeasance at the trump org. and there is an open-grand jury investigation. if you have evidence to rebut it, wouldn t the best course, even though many people would tell the client to stay quiet. wouldn t the best course be for the lawyers to start explaining why it s not true? i mean, why aren t we hearing that? well, at least the lawyers could do it. but again, i mean, they are
the operations of the trump organization are front and center with the news the manhattan d.a. has impaneled a grand jury in its criminal probe. donald trump, himself, has faced numerous investigation over the years. and we have seen, sometimes in dribs and drabs, little extra bits of information into how this highly-secretive enterprise works. mr. trump inflated his total assets, when it served his purposes. such as, trying to be listed amongst the wealthiest people in forbes. and deflated his assets to reduce his real-estate taxes. this will, all, come down to who knows what and who can prove it. we are joined now by jack o donnell. he was president of trump s plaza hotel and casino in atlantic city. he is the author of trumped the inside story of the real donald
reviewed by the division and the commission in new jersey, for sure. and my last, quick question, and then, we ll get into it. when you heard this news, that apparently hasnother audit. but that, there is now an impaneled criminal grand jury, were you surprised? or did that seem long overdue? not surprised, at all. the behavior has been going on for decades. and in my position, i would say, about time. hmm. all right. this concludes our opening sequence. let s get let s imagine you are in the jury box and really get into it, sir. as a witness, what did you see about the way they deal with money that, either, matches or departs from the central allegations here, which we have been reporting on? that include, what cohen said about inflation, and and
daniel, let s let s pause on that point, which is you re talking about, again, to remind everyone, there is a lot of different probes. there is a probe down in georgia. there were federal investigations in the mueller probe. you are making an important distinction that, in your view, because this is in the local side, the d.a. s office, and that because the eviction, however unsavory it may sound, it may sound like a bullying tactic but you are saying if it was an otherwise-lawful proceeding, that wouldn t rise to the level of tampering. without many-more facts, including she is about to be called as a witness. that weisselberg was behind this. that he did it in order to somehow prevent her from from from communicating what she knew to the proceeding, which would be the grand jury in this case. so we are a long way from that leap. you know, that said, sure. anything anything s possible. i think the more serious thing for allen weisselberg to worry about is what michael cohen
made news with her detailed comments in an interview on the beat this week, which came on the eve of the bombshell news that there is a new grand jury, signaling the risk of indictments or jail time, in this very case. she went on to explain that, quote, i spoke about the trump payroll corporation on the beat. weisselberg saying that, after she spoke about those issues on the beat, including described potential or alleged crimes, she was threatened with a sudden-eviction notice. and remember, investigators have spoken to michael cohen and her as they gather evidence in this case. here is some of what she told me in that interview, she just referenced. started, immediately, hiding money in escrow. taxes. tax fraud. tax evasion. when donald says numbers or certain things and then alan says numbers of certain things, they re not adding up. confidentially, having them cut checks that would make him vulnerable to tax evasion, tax