No way will a NYC jury think THIS was a trivial offense: Alan Weisselberg

[pnwmom]

is alleged to have lied about his place of residence in order to avoid $238K in New York City taxes.

Residents of NYC have to pay Federal income taxes AND state income taxes AND substantial NYC taxes. And no one enjoys that, but most people pay them anyway.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20982368/new-york-v-trump-org-allen-weisselberg.pdf

Additionally, Weisselberg concealed for years the fact that he was a resident of New
York City who was required to pay New York City income taxes. During the period of the scheme,
Weisselberg thereby evaded approximately $556,385 in federal taxes, approximately $106,568 in
state taxes, and approximately $238,159 in New York City taxes, and he falsely claimed and
received approximately $94,902 in federal tax refunds and approximately $38,222 in state tax
refunds, to which he was not entitled.

[msongs]

1. sounds like personal issues not related to trump or trump inc nt

[pnwmom]

3. No, it doesn't sound like just personal issues. If you read the filing,

Weisselberg is just the first person who's being singled out for prosecution, along with the Trump Org.

But the document says there are multiple other executives who were involved in and benefited from the overall tax avoidance "scheme." (Not necessarily the NYC tax part though.)

They are all on notice now. They can voluntarily offer cooperation, or they can wait till their names end up in a superceding indictment.

[triron]

5. You have a valid argument.

[sheshe2]

6. He is just the tip of the iceberg.

[C_U_L8R]

7. The indictment is riveting.

And this 'scheme' will bring down every member of the Trump family. They must be freaking out. Nobody cheats the New York State Dept of Taxation and Finance and go unpunished.

[paleotn]

18. Lots of ways to look at this....

Others involved in the same scams. Also leverage in flipping a smaller fish to get to a bigger one. From the outside, it's hard to say where this will lead or what the plan truly is.

[Best_man23]

2. TFGs clownshow lawyers will no doubt petition to get the trial moved out of NYC

The last thing they will want is for this trial to take place in a city where prospective jurors are likely to have relatives or known someone who either got ripped off by one of TFGs "businesses", lived in one of TFG or associates roach motels at one time, or had a family member or friend died from Covid-19 or survived but is now a long-hauler.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. For sure..I hope everyone will read the indictment, for therein lies the breakdown...

And a 1, and a 2...etc etc...all the nothingburger talk..is just that..they are putting up a defense like you read about..like the Barr Mueller sh..t..smoke screen..

Please read the indictment at the link.....

Thank you for the link..For all to read..will help to alleviate any angst

[FelineOverlord]

8. No way will a NYC jury think THIS was a trivial offense: Alan Weisselberg

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[pnwmom]

13. We know Trump knew about the tuition payments

because he signed the checks that came from his personal account.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215583146

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Did he have a car? Perhaps he did auto insurance fraud too.

[Dream Girl]

14. Why yes he did. A nice BMW.

[usaf-vet]

10. So who made up the difference for the taxes that he DID NOT pay?

[oldsoftie]

12. You and me.

[Pepsidog]

11. Recall Cohen talking about TFG laughing at getting a huge refund. We are all suckers I think he said

[OnDoutside]

15. Unfortunately, it's white collar crime, his first offense and he's 73. We'll be lucky to see him get

probation.

[pnwmom]

20. Tell that to Martha Stewart and Michael Cohen. And this indictment makes some points

that must have Ivanka seriously worried about her own non-employee compensation.

[johnthewoodworker]

16. Make all the noise you want. Still no Nazis in jail

[Warpy]

17. They won't if they have to work for an hourly wage, that's for sure.

The worst part is that Weisselberg would likely have gotten away from it if Dumdum had stayed out of politics. He's hardly the only one of these guys who's on the take.

[Historic NY]

19. Stop the Steal, by making Trump Squeal.

[lindysalsagal]

21. New Yorkers hate frump, and his toadies.

To them, he's the privileged mindless brat from Queens.

[Martin68]

22. Ouch. That's a lot of back taxes. Chump change for Weisselberg, and well worth the price.

I doubt he stowed his stash in Panama.

[Blue Owl]

23. It's almost a guarantee that a rich repuke is a tax cheat