The Trump Organization controlled employees by giving them houses and paying for their kids' tuition

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The former wife of a key Trump Organization employee scrutinized by prosecutors said the company holds sway over employees through unusual financial arrangements, including paying for her home and tuition for her children.

"They want you to do crimes and not talk about it and don't leave," Jennifer Weisselberg said in an interview with Insider. "It's so controlling."

Weisselberg is a cooperating witness in investigations into Donald Trump's finances. Between 2004 and 2018, she was married to Barry Weisselberg, the son of Trump's loyal longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg. Barry Weisselberg is also a significant employee for the company in his own right, as the manager of the Trump Organization-operated Wollman Rink in Central Park.

Jennifer Weisselberg said she handed over "seven boxes" of documents that came out of her divorce proceedings to prosecutors. Prosecutors in both the Manhattan District Attorney's and New York Attorney General's offices are investigating the finances of Trump and the Trump Organization. The Manhattan DA's office is analyzing whether they violated tax laws by distorting financial information to receive favorable loan terms and pay little in taxes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-organization-controlled-employees-giving-205556376.html

[MacKasey]

1. Those employees would have to declare that as income?

And how did the tRump organization declare the expense.

[dalton99a]

2. 'If you want to leave, where are you going to live?'

Donald and Melania Trump gave Jennifer and Barry Weisselberg an apartment in their Trump Parc East building by Central Park in Manhattan as a wedding gift, Bloomberg News first reported. The couple paid only $400 a month in utilities and other fees — far below the market rate for rent, Jennifer Weisselberg told the outlet. Prosecutors are examining whether the way the arrangement was reported in tax documents violated tax laws, according to Bloomberg News.

These arrangements, while generous on the surface, also served as a way to keep Trump Organization employees in line, Jennifer Weisselberg told Insider.

"Obviously, it's not a gift when you get the same salary for 20 years," she said.

"It's so controlling," she added. "Because if you want to leave and make the same money — you live there. If you want to leave, where are you going to live?"

[tanyev]

4. I owe my soul to the company store...

[blm]

3. Mob family tactics.

[samnsara]

5. wonder how many congress ppl bought new homes during his tenure?