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MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:14 AM Aug 2018

With Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, Getting Immunity,

I have to wonder if an FBI visit to the Trump Organization offices to gather evidence might be in the works. Weisselberg, no doubt, knows ALL about the money-laundering and movement of funds here and there by the organization. He knows where the records are, what they show, and may be ready to hand all of that over.

The immunity will save his sorry ass, but he may well be giving up Trump in exchange. Donald Trump must be in an absolute panic over this immunity deal. He knows just what peril it puts him in.

Bravo! Thanks, Mr. Weisselberg! Good decision!

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With Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, Getting Immunity, (Original Post) MineralMan Aug 2018 OP
I wonder if Hope Hicks ScratchCat Aug 2018 #1
No Honor among Thieves. MineralMan Aug 2018 #3
Hope Hicks, like Watergate women, may wind up roughed up empedocles Aug 2018 #7
Yes, but she's really a tiny part of this. MineralMan Aug 2018 #11
If Hope flips empedocles Aug 2018 #12
...but is tax evasion enough to dissuade republicans? Bondor Aug 2018 #2
There will come a point at which Republican office-holders MineralMan Aug 2018 #4
But but but Cirque du So-What Aug 2018 #5
It does, indeed. MineralMan Aug 2018 #9
Not only that, but its a state charge dealing with his Trump Organization finances. shraby Aug 2018 #15
This Mueller guy is good. empedocles Aug 2018 #6
Credit on this goes to NYC federal prosecutions office. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #19
Mueller the strategist empedocles Aug 2018 #20
This is huge uppityperson Aug 2018 #8
Yes it is! MineralMan Aug 2018 #10
It's like Trump dropping his wallet and checkbook in the hallway, and MineralMan Aug 2018 #13
Chickens coming home to roost ... EffieBlack Aug 2018 #14
I hope Weisselberg is worth the immunity deal and can give some good testimony. woodsprite Aug 2018 #16
I wonder how TO will operate without him. grantcart Aug 2018 #17
Whitehouse plumbers must be working overtime to remove bricks from toilets... LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #18

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
1. I wonder if Hope Hicks
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:18 AM
Aug 2018

is regretting her "perjury for pardon" deal she made with Trump. Looks like she may be on a lonely island at the end of it all because everyone else has decided to not go to jail for a 72-year old con man.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
3. No Honor among Thieves.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:20 AM
Aug 2018

Loyalty ends when the indictments begin flowing. For Trump, the dominoes are falling faster and faster. Every immunity deal will trigger others, as Trump's "loyal" acolytes run for their lives.

He must be realizing that the toast is getting darker by the minute, and the toaster is about to pop it all up.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
11. Yes, but she's really a tiny part of this.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:30 AM
Aug 2018

She knows stuff, but doesn't have access to the evidence. Weisselberg has access. He's a much bigger fish in the pond.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
12. If Hope flips
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:38 AM
Aug 2018

Hope can provide very personal, loud, photogenic, daily, confirming evidence of the dry evidence, timelines, most everything.

Bondor

(63 posts)
2. ...but is tax evasion enough to dissuade republicans?
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:18 AM
Aug 2018

This is great news from a legal standpoint -- but I think nothing less than proving Putin's puppetry will cause republican senators to turn against carrot-top.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
4. There will come a point at which Republican office-holders
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:24 AM
Aug 2018

realize that they will lose their phony-baloney jobs if they stick with Trump. That point is near, if it hasn't already arrived. When it is reached, they'll change their tunes quickly.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
9. It does, indeed.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:28 AM
Aug 2018

And that is probably the very best news of all for us. Yes, the investigation is ignoring that line and going after Trump where the real dirt is stored. They're associating all of this with the Cohen investigation, but that's just window dressing. The point is getting at the records of all the misdeeds, dirty deals and money-laundering that has been going on for years.

And now, it's public news. It's no longer a behind-the-curtains probe. It's now open news and open season on Trump's financial shenanigans.

There will be no escape.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
6. This Mueller guy is good.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:25 AM
Aug 2018

Now weaselberg, cohen, Manafort under pressure. Plus the numerous other immunity grants. Plus the Mueller 'speaking indictments' which go deep and last well beyond the daily news cycle.

Methinks this relentless 'drumbeat' is having good effects - and 'affects'. I'm encouraged by seeing old rw stalwarts like Coryn and Shelby recently coming to Session's defense publicly. Privately, in advance, they may have emboldened Sessions to take a stand against trump bullying DOJ.

Even old rw stalwarts have a sense of those 'speaking indictments'.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
20. Mueller the strategist
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 07:42 PM
Aug 2018

Farming out prosecution all over DOJ, NY fed, NY state being helped. Suspect a lot of filings already in courts, waiting to go, if Mueller does get fired.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
10. Yes it is!
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:29 AM
Aug 2018

We'll soon learn how huge, too. Trump knows, though. He understands what it means very well. He's going to have an uneasy weekend, I'm sure.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
13. It's like Trump dropping his wallet and checkbook in the hallway, and
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:39 AM
Aug 2018

Mueller finding them just lying there. Now, he gets to look through them before handing them back to him.

"What's this I see?" Mueller was heard to exclaim.

woodsprite

(11,915 posts)
16. I hope Weisselberg is worth the immunity deal and can give some good testimony.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 12:13 PM
Aug 2018

Didn't he say recently that he hadn't even realized he was labeled as CFO of Trump's organization?

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