Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Strategic Considerations

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Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Strategic Considerations
Analysis by former IRS Criminal Investigation supervisory special agent, with comment from former Chief Assistant in Manhattan DA's Office.
justsecurity.org
11:37 AM · Jul 2, 2021

https://www.justsecurity.org/77312/allen-weisselbergs-post-indictment-strategic-considerations/

Trump’s “eyes and ears” took a pounding in court on Thursday with a 15-count indictment that spanned tax fraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and more. The 73-year old accountant who it has been said, knows essentially where every penny goes regarding the Trump Organization, took a beating and will now have some big decisions to make that will impact how he chooses to live the rest of his life and how other members of his family may live theirs. And then there is the matter of Allen Weisselberg’s loyalty to the head of the Trump Organization, the entity that was also indicted yesterday, and the potential impact the chief financial officer’s full cooperation may have on the public life of former president Donald Trump.

Undoubtedly, after seeing the indictment filed by the Manhattan District Attorney and New York State Attorney General, Weisselberg’s first question to his legal defense team was – How much jail time am I looking at? It is that question that may shape the future of all of the associated individuals and organizations. It requires peering not only into the current charges and the language of the indictment, however. It also requires knowing what the indictment may signal about prosecutors’ next steps in ratcheting up their pressure.

While the number of counts in the indictment (15) sounds menacing, the only real numbers that count are those that drive the sentencing guidelines calculations. And that is why there are a surplus of numbers referenced in the indictment. The amounts of income that Weisselberg received and evaded reporting to the taxing authorities and included in the indictment charges are one thing. The cumulative totals of income received and unreported plus the total taxes evaded on both the federal, state and New York City level will be counted and then referenced in the sentencing guidelines to arrive at a baseline sentencing exposure level, usually calculated in months to serve in prison for discussion at the sentencing hearing.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. On one hand, a lengthy sentence could be a death sentence for the rat bastard...

on the other if he skates on a few months or probation, he will be able to die outside of prison and spend some of the cash I am sure he has squirreled away outside the reach of the US.

[Walleye]

2. You would think an indictment for grand larceny would tend to focus the mind