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LINK Trump Org CFO Turned On The Trump Family In Explosive Testimony, Implicated Donald And Children In Massive, Long-Running Tax Fraud Scheme

By Andrea Thompson

Former longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg finally delivered his under-oath testimony in court today, where he officially turned on the entire Trump family — and even Weisselberg himself knows it.

CBS News is now out with absolutely bombshell reporting, revealing that Allen Weisselberg — who has enjoyed a decades-long relationship with the Trump family on both a professional and personal level — has officially implicated not only scandal-ridden former President Donald J. Trump but his two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump as well, in a massive, long-running tax evasion and fraud scheme.

"Weisselberg said Donald Trump, or at times Eric Trump or Donald Trump Jr., signed checks to pay up to $100,000 for private school tuition for Weisselberg’s grandchildren. Weisselberg said he then instructed the company’s controller to deduct the $100,000 from his salary, allowing him to report a smaller income. Copies of some of the checks signed by the Trumps have been shown in court. “

To make matters that much worse for the former president and his obviously corrupt family company, Weisselberg further testified that not only is he still employed by and on the Trump Organization payroll to this day, but also confirmed that the aforementioned tax fraud scheme continued to take place up until the moment Donald Trump was sworn into the office of the US presidency and entities began to almost instantly scrutinize the company, according to additional reporting from CNN.

“Mr. Trump became president and everybody was looking at our company from every different angle you could think of including himself personally,” Weisselberg testified to the court. “We felt at the time, let’s go through all the practices that we’ve been utilizing over the years and make sure we correct everything we have to correct.”

The former CFO also claimed that the scheme involving the company handing out bonuses to executives via the 1099 independent contractor forms first began in the 1980s, before his start with the company in 1986, and Weisselberg claimed that he had no idea or information regarding how the scheme got its start.

CBS News adds:

"Two Trump Organization entities and Weisselberg are accused of more than a dozen counts of fraud and tax evasion. Weisselberg entered a guilty plea in August, admitting to charges filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office accusing him of receiving more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation.”

This bombshell development came in the direct aftermath of Donald Trump’s official 2024 campaign announcement.

HippieChick58 9 Nov 27
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They've known this for years. Way before the election I was the controller of a country club and we did webinars on things pertinent to controllers of country clubs. I remember this being discussed at one of those webinars. Media didn't listen when some brought it up, it was more that they wanted to promote this idiotic flamboyant asshole. Same with the whole children's charity lawsuit that the orange shitgibbon lost and can never be in charge of a charity in NY again.....

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Let's hope this means something... The fact that he's still not in handcuffs is very telling to me though.

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FARout!!! I think it was some investigative reporter for the Guardian that put together a piece about don lardo's corrupt business dealings but it received very little play. Rachel Maddow did a piece on a hotel deal in Baku' that suddenly ended once he won the 2016 election. I am sure many gop leaders were very aware of trump's shady dealings but they really thought they could control him. What I'm also absolutely sure of is many of our elected officials also have their own questionable dealings going on.
The 1099 independent contractor thing is a real favorite for many shady employers.

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