Trump Organization and Its Chief Financial Officer Have Been Indicted: Reports – By Adam Klasfeld (Law and Crime) / July 1 2021
A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, the Washington Post reported late Wednesday. The information was sourced to “two people familiar with the indictments” who spoke only on the condition their names not be used because the matters were not yet public.
The actual indictment documents are expected to be unsealed Thursday afternoon, the newspaper further noted. However, Weisselberg is expected to turn himself in to authorities Thursday morning, the Post said; both Weisselberg and the Trump Organization will be arraigned later in the day. Weisselberg is expected to be present personally in court; the Trump Organization will be represented by its lawyers.
The nature of the reported charges is unclear, according to the Post’s sources, but the New York Times and the Associated Press reported last week that Vance’s office was considering charges “in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded a top executive.” Among the prosecutors’ questions was whether taxes were paid on various fringe benefits, according to those reports.
The New York Times on Wednesday night said the fringe benefits were related to the indictments and suggested that Weisselberg appears to be the “top executive” at the center of the probe. That same Wednesday report in the Times said Vance’s team has “been examining bonuses and luxury perks that Mr. Weisselberg received — including an apartment in Manhattan, leased Mercedes-Benz cars and private school tuition for at least one of his grandchildren — and whether taxes should have been paid on those benefits.”
