Trump is in the clear : Legal analyst doubts additional charges from NY DA following indictment of CFO Allen Weisselberg on $1.7M tax evasion charges after three-year probe by NY AG that has cost MILLIONS
Daniel Goldman - who led impeachment efforts against Donald Trump - thinks he s in the clear over NY DA s probe
Goldman, who says he is no fan of Trump, thinks Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg s refusal to cooperate with prosecutors spells good news for the former president
He said the case against Weisselberg appears strong, but that prosecutors would have charged Trump by now if they were going to
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
No matter the charge, the defense is the same: Donald Trump is the victim of a vicious political vendetta.
By a quirk of fate, two of the most troublesome threats to the ex-President’s political viability and business legend unfolded almost simultaneously Thursday in two cities he once dominated. And he responded the way he always does, by going on the attack.
In New York City, prosecutors arraigned Trump’s financial right-hand man, Allen Weisselberg, on charges including grand larceny and tax fraud. And the Trump Organization itself was accused of a fraudulent multi-year scheme to avoid due taxes.
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Trump says criminal charges against his business and financial chief are political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left
Donald Trump has derided criminal charges against his business and chief financial officer as a “political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left”.
Jonathan TalbotDeputy Editor
July 2, 2021 - 2:08PM
Donald Trump’s company and his long-serving chief financial officer have pleaded not guilty to tax fraud charges as the ex-president declares the process a “political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left”.
The charges stem from a dedicated probe by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., into Mr Trump and his business practices.