Mr Vance and Ms James attended Thursday s arraignment. This investigation will continue, and we will follow the facts and the law wherever they may lead, Ms James, who had been conducting a related civil probe, said in a statement.
Weisselberg wore handcuffs as he was led to the courtroom, and after being released was driven away in a black SUV. You re going to prison, an onlooker shouted. He will fight these charges in court, Weisselberg s lawyers Mary Mulligan and Bryan Skarlatos said in a joint statement before the charges were announced.
Mr Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for the Trump Organisation, told reporters that the company was very optimistic the charges would not significantly hurt its business.
Trump Organization and its financial chief indicted for tax fraud 2 minutes read
New York, Jul 1 (EFE).- The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded not guilty here Thursday to felony charges for ostensibly conspiring to commit tax fraud.
Weisselberg, who turned himself in to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office early Thursday before the unsealing of the grand jury indictment, appeared in court in handcuffs, but was released on his own recognizance after surrendering his passport.
He was joined in front of the judge by other senior executives of the business owned by former United States President Donald Trump.
Trump Organization, Finance Chief Charged with Tax Fraud
July 01, 2021
Allen Weisselberg (C) former US President Donald Trump’s company chief financial officer departs the criminal court in lower Manhattan after pleading not guilty to the charges in New York on July 1, 2021. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
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New York’s government lawyers charged the Trump Organization and its long-time finance chief Thursday with carrying out a 15-year operation to “
defraud” the government.
The charging document reads that from 2005 through this year, the Trump Organization and its finance chief Allen Weisselberg cheated the state and city of taxes. It accuses them of hiding payments to top-level employees, including almost $1.7 million to Weisselberg himself. The company and chief financial officer were also charged with falsifying business records and other crimes.
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
2021-07-02 03:40:11 GMT2021-07-02 11:40:11(Beijing Time) Sina English
AFP
Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after his arraignment in State Supreme Court on July 1 in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Donald Trump s company and its long-serving finance chief pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Thursday after they were charged with fraud and tax crimes, in a major blow to the former president.
The 15 felony counts were the first charges in an almost three-year investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into the financial dealings of the vast real estate-to-golf course business that propelled Trump to fame.