who owns the company that sold the land. and who would have thought that one real estate deal involving the qatari royal family and a florida air park would end up as part of a federal court plea four years later. if nothing else, this is a good reminder that michael cohen during his decade as a trump executive at the trump organization had his hands in all kinds of deals. there was, of course, the trump tower moscow project that cohen and trump were pursuing during the presidential election while simultaneously denying that any such deals were being pursued. plus, projects cohen was involved in with eastern europe that the new yorker adam davidson has reported were likely hotbeds of money laundering. there s a lot we don t know about the inner workings of the trump organization, which is why it probably made michael cohen, donald trump, and everyone else in the trump organization really nervous when the news broke today that the man who knows
weisselberg is such an important and senior figure in the president s empire that when trump announced he was handing off day-to-day control of the trump organization now that he s president, the common shorthand that we use for that transaction, look at the screen, is that the president handed over control of his business to his two sons, don jr. and eric. not entirely true. the group to which he actually handed over control of his businesses consists of his two sons don jr. and eric and allen weisselberg. not incidentally, mr. weisselberg is also reported to have been personally responsible for preparing donald trump s tax returns for years. and today nbc news is reporting that allen weisselberg was directly involved in the hush money payments to women who claim to have had affairs with donald trump. michael cohen pled guilty to two felonies for arranging those payments and said in court that he committed those felonies at
family that he handled household expenditures, personal expenditures, and purchases for them, including various dealings with banks. mr. weisselberg is the treasurer of the trump foundation, separate organization, which is under aggressive legal scrutiny in new york state. weisselberg is such an important and senior figure in the president s empire that when trump announced he was handing off day-to-day control of the trump organization now that he s president, the common short hand that we use for that transaction, look at the screen, is that the president handed overcontrol of his business to his two sons, don jr. and eric. not entirely true. the group to which he actually handed over control of his businesses consists of his two sons don jr. and eric and allen weisselberg. not incidentally, mr. weisselberg is also reported to have been personally responsible for preparing donald trump s tax returns for years.
presidential election while simultaneous denying any such deals were being pursued. plus projects cohen was involved in with eastern europe the new yorker s adam davidson has reported were likely hot beds of money laundering. there s a lot we don t know about the inner workings of the trump organization which is why it probably made michael cohen, donald trump, and everyone else in the trump organization really nervous when the news broke today that the man who knows everything that has gone on inside that company for decades, well, he s been granted immunity by federal prosecutors, this man you are looking at, allen weisselberg. he s the chief financial officer of the trump organization. he s in his 70s. he s worked for the trump family his entire adult life. he started off working for the president s father. he has been at the trump organization apparently since its inception. according to the wall street journal, weisselberg was close enough to the president and his
and today nbc news is reporting that allen weisselberg was directly involved in the hush money payments to women who claim to have had affairs with donald trump. michael cohen pled guilty to two felonies for arranging those payments and said in court that he committed those felonies at the direction of donald trump. nbc news reports 245 allen weisselberg is executive one in the criminal investigation filed in the michael cohen case. according to that court filing, cohen said executive one, allen weisselberg, an invoice to be reimbursed for his hush money payment to stormy daniels. quote, executive one, weisselberg, forwarded that to another employee at the company stating, quote, please pay from the trust, post to legal expenses. put retainer for the months of january and february, 2017, in the description. but the money wasn t a retainer for michael cohen s legal services. it was reimbursement for a payoff. a reimbursement that executives