and somebody who obviously works for allen weisselberg. there s nobody above. so, if there s some conversation between allen and don sr., don jr. or eric, it s not captured in that information. let me just ask you to be clear about what this trust is, there s the trump organization. there s the trump foundation, a charity that is being looked at now legally by the attorney general of new york, but this is a trust. weisselberg said, please pay this from the trust. is this the company that donald trump got up in that press conference and announced he was handing over to his sons? that s right. the trump trust is basically an umbrella group that includes the trump organization. so, when donald trump entered office, he kept ownership of his company, he kept the right to withdraw money from it at any time, he just changed something about the administration of it so while he still owns it and can withdraw money from it, he put it in this trust run by eric, don, and allen weisselberg. it
donald trump announced he was handing over to his sons? that s right. the trump trust is an umbrella group that includes the trump organization. so when donald trump entered office, he kept ownership of his company, he kept the right to withdraw money from it at any time, he just changed something about the administration of it so while he still owns it and can withdraw money, he put in the the trust run by eric, don, and allen weisselberg. it s not a blind trust correct, he and his lawyers implied it s a blind trust. it s not. he spends half its time in his businesses so it s not a blind trust but there s no hard divider that says donald trump sr. can t know what s happening in his business. they made big promises and he said he d stay away but there s no bar on reaching into his business. the trust is an administrative structure that doesn t keep donald trump out but gives day to day control to don jr., eric and allen weisselberg. what role if any would
can withdraw money, he put it in this trust run by eric, don, and allen weisselberg. it s not a blind trust correct, he and his lawyers implied it s a blind trust. it s not. he spends half its time in his businesses so it s not a blind trust but there s no hard divider that says donald trump sr. can t know what s happening in his business. they made big promises. they won t talk to him very often about it. he said he d stay away but there s no bar on reaping into his business. the trust is an administrative structure that doesn t keep donald trump out but gives day to day control to don jr., eric and allen weisselberg. what role if any would prosecutors be looking at in terms of these transactions that might involve donald trump jr. or eric? do we think they re involved? we know allen weisselberg was asked about this in his testimony in the southern district of new york in the cohen case. we know from the criminal