or mr. weisselberg for short. michael cohen there testified about weisselberg in 2019. he s been a reasons there several times. the investigation remains ongoing and michael cohen joins me now. michael. you started this and your reaction to today s indictment. the organization that you used to work for and the cfo you used to work so closely with. i am not surprised of the ziemt, thest a little benefit what of us looking for or hoping for in a sweeping set of indictment meaning allen weisselberg. he s not the keystone to this entire indictment. there will be more as far as i am concerned. i know that i had gone in and i have spoken on more than a dozen
cy vance. they are ill advice in following donald s legal game a this point point. mr. weisselberg if he does not find a deal, we would have to find a party of 12. mike michael cohen, thank you for coming back on the beat. the author of this loyal. for more reaction and analysis, we turn to new york s emily. one a long time loyal to trump like mr. weisselberg, his
donald trump having some of the ingredients, but needing weisselberg, you view this as them planning if they got enough from him to potentially making that move against trump. well, look, when you hear about all the press report over the last couple of years about statements made to lenders and false statements made perhaps with tax authorities, you may expect, this is a very narrow indictment. this is just really focused on weisselberg s use of company funds for his own benefits. it has to be authorized by somebody else. the indictment suggests as much. what people are expecting is go way beyond it. they re going to go after the trump organization while this is
occasions to the district attorney and there are a multitude of issues that are far more ranging from allen weisselberg is not paying for a car. he s not the only one. it had the same wacky compensation package. wacky compensation, the company intentionally use to avoid taxes, is that your view? well, my view is that if you are living in an apartment that you are not paying for it. it is probably not standard and nobody really discusses it, again, people have to understand that the trump organization, despite what they said, it is not 3500 people. right? the 3500 people affiliated
with this kind of stuff. this type of indictment looks to you small or big because it does go after the whole company? for the company, for weisselberg is big. and not to throw water on the fire for a lot of folks look for the head of the company to be indicted, what i look at it is they re throwing a lot of weight to try to get somebody to flip which suggests that they may not have a good case yet against the person they really think ought to be indicted, who s the head of that company. so, you know, it is a big case for the company. it is a big case for weisselberg. these are serious charges. it is not slim picking.