8-15-2022
'Once Weisselberg pleads guilty it’s over for the Trump Org':
Ex-prosecutor Andrew Weissmann.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg cut a deal to five months in jail while not cooperating with investigators.
While the deal might be great for Weisselberg, former Justice Department prosecutor for Robert Mueller's investigation, Andrew Weissmann, said it isn't for the Trump Org.
Weissmann said that in the next few days it could be that Weisselberg is actually pleading guilty as part of the deal.
"The reason that is important for Donald Trump is the Trump Organization is scheduled for trial in October," he explained.
Once Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty, it is over for the Trump Organization. The crimes he committed, get imputed to the Trump Organization.
So, the leverage in terms of the financial consequences to Donald Trump doesn't mean he's gonna go to jail, but the consequences for the Trump Organization are huge."
Weissmann described it as a "big deal" for the former president in part because what he did was all about making more money, but it was also about bribery.
"This is a big deal," he went on. "So, I think that would be number one, focus on the financial consequences of the Allen Weisselberg deal.
And then, down the road a litany of criminal and national security trouble, in Florida, in D.C., in Georgia.