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In reply to the discussion: Manhattan DA Insiders Worry the Trump Hush Money Case Is Weak Sauce [View all]Jarqui
(10,119 posts)17. Here's the indictment he plead guilty to:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20982370/indictment-final-unsigned.pdf
Here's AG James claim
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/tto_complaint.pdf
Beyond Zurich insurance, just a quick scan of AG James claim reveals other areas of criminal concern for Weisselberg:
Paragraph 56-57
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 212:
paragraph 320
All look like they're within the statute of limitations for a NY felony.
Insurance Fraud, bank fraud and tax crimes.
No wonder he needs a criminal lawyer.
And therefore, he's very susceptible to being flipped.
Trump has some significant liability too ... if they can flip Weisselberg ..
Here's AG James claim
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/tto_complaint.pdf
Beyond Zurich insurance, just a quick scan of AG James claim reveals other areas of criminal concern for Weisselberg:
Paragraph 56-57
56. Similarly, the engagement letters specifically obligated the Trump Organization to
provide Mazars with access to all information of which you are aware [that] is relevant to the
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement, such as records, documentation, and
other matters, and made clear that Mr. Weisselberg, as the Trump Organizations CFO, was
responsible for the selection and application of accounting principles, and for establishing and
maintaining internal controls. The engagement letters similarly obligated the Trump
Organization to mak[e] all financial records and related information available to [Mazars] and
for the accuracy and completeness of that information.
57. In addition to the engagement letters, for each year from 2011 to 2020, Mr.
Weisselberg as CFO of the Trump Organization signed a representation letter submitted by the
Trump Organization to Mazars in connection with Mazarss actual issuance of the completed
Statement of Financial Condition. In the letter, Mr. Weisselberg represented that the Trump
Organization was responsible for the information provided to Mazars for each annual
compilation, and that the information was presented fairly and accurately in all material
respects.
Paragraph 61
61. As noted, Mr. Trump or the Trustees would prepare valuations and data for the
Statement, which Mazars (or for 2021, Whitley Penn) would then compile. Each year the Trump
Organization personnel (including Mr. Weisselberg and Mr. McConney) would prepare a
supporting data spreadsheet containing the valuations for the Statement and backup material
supporting those valuations. Mazars (or for 2021, Whitley Penn) then compiled that information
into financial-statement format.
Paragraph 212:
212. What is more, during the course of the 2019 valuation of Trump Tower, Mr.
Weisselberg systematically rejected numerous valuations that would have reached values
between $161 million and $224 million less than the prior years $732 million valuation.
Multiple draft valuations were prepared by the junior employee charged with preparing the
Statement using other, more recent Plaza District transactions with much higher capitalization
rates of 4.65% and higher--but Mr. Weisselberg systematically rejected all of those market data
points and decided to use a less recent, but much more favorable, 2.67% rate from the 666 Fifth
Avenue sale to push the value north of $800 million.
paragraph 320
320. For the years 2017 to 2021, the Trump Organization purported to use the
stabilized net operating income and claimed in supporting spreadsheets that the NOI figures to
derive the values for the properties came from audited financial statements. Those statements
were false and misleading. In reality, the Trump Organization, at the direction of Allen
Weisselberg, frequently used unaudited reports and then adjusted them to suit its own purposes
by adding millions of dollars in net operating income to the figures.
All look like they're within the statute of limitations for a NY felony.
Insurance Fraud, bank fraud and tax crimes.
No wonder he needs a criminal lawyer.
And therefore, he's very susceptible to being flipped.
Trump has some significant liability too ... if they can flip Weisselberg ..
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A rare case where we disagree. This whole thing about the lawyer is being wildly
Scrivener7
Mar 2023
#10
Lol! And I actually think THIS is trump spin. Daily Beast says sources are saying
Scrivener7
Mar 2023
#13
A bit more information about who fired whom and what the new lawyer is there to do:
Scrivener7
Apr 2023
#20
I believe this. It is consistent with the decades-long history of prosecuting tfg in NYC.
Scrivener7
Mar 2023
#11