the indictment says that scheme was not limited to allen weisselberg and his family. they describe other persons who benefitted from this alleged illegal scheme. similarly, there were other executives that worked for the company but regularly paid in ways that made it look like they weren t getting compensated as employees. this he were getting paid as consultants that was an important way pay for the company. described as a further part of the scheme to defraud. no other executives as described as the beneficiary. it was sclis explicitly
benefitted from that kind of ascheme. that s the scheme described by new york times reporters in september of trump s financial adventures. they described a scheme like that, a scheme like the one outlined in today s indictment, as it related to ivanka trump, the president s daughter. they described in detail financial records they discovered that showed ivanka being paid as an employee of the trump organization and as a consultant to the trump organization in a way that seemed designed to try to evade taxes, both for the company and for her. that s the executive scheme described at the end of the indictment. prosecutors say that weisselberg benefits from such a scheme and that other executives did, too. they are not named in this indictment. that is the ivanka scheme described last fall in the new york times.
allegedly illegal taxation scheme. similarly, the indictment says, there were other trump organization executives who worked for the company, but they were regularly paid in ways that were designed to disguise their payment from tax authorities. they were regularly paid in ways to make it look like they were not getting compensated as trump organization employees. they were getting paid as, consultants, or something. it has important tax consequences both for company and for the executive getting paid that way. that is all spelled out in the indictment. it is spelled out in the indictment as a further part of the scheme to defraud. no other executives besides allen weisselberg were described as the beneficiaries of that fraud, but it is explicitly spelled out that he was not the only one who benefited from that kind of a scheme. i will also tell you that is exactly the kind of scheme described by new york times reporters in september.
they didn t report it to tax authorities. they didn t list it in the company s books. they did describe it to the penny in an internal spreadsheet that tracked every cent of it. is you taking notes on a criminal bleeping conspiracy? what are you thinking? they kept written records of the stuff they were keeping off the books. really? prosecutors now have that. audacious and sweeping is how the prosecutor described it. here is just one last point. this is what we will talk about tonight with somebody who knows these things. the scheme to have trump s company pay for personal stuff for trump organization executives as described in the indictment as a scheme, so not only do those executives not pay for those out of pocket, they would dodge taxes on that both from the company side and employee side. the indictment says that that
scheme was not limited to allen weisselberg and his family members who are compensated in that way. they describe other people who worked for the trump organization who benefitted from this allegedly illegal tax evasion scheme. similarly, the indictment said there were other trump organization executives who worked for the company but they were regularly paid in ways that were designed to disguise their payment from tax authorities. they were regularly paid in ways to make it look like they weren t getting compensated as trump organization employees. they were getting paid as consultants or something. it has tax consequences for the company and for the executive getting paid that way. that s spelled out in the indictment, as a further part of the scheme to defraud. no other executives besides allen weisselberg is described as the beneficiary of that fraud, but it s spelled out that he wasn t the only one who