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kpete

(71,994 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:41 PM Feb 2019

Trump Organization CFO (Allen Weisselberg) Will Be Called to Testify

February 28, 2019 at 4:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments

The House intelligence community intends to call the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer to testify, the Daily Beast reports.

“Allen Weisselberg received renewed congressional attention after disgraced Trump fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday repeatedly mentioned the Trump Org CFO as crucial to various aspects of dubiously legal practices by the president, from the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments to potential insurance fraud.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/28/trump-organization-cfo-will-be-called-to-testify/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-intel-will-call-trump-org-moneyman-allen-weisselberg-to-testify

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Trump Organization CFO (Allen Weisselberg) Will Be Called to Testify (Original Post) kpete Feb 2019 OP

Lets see who tells the truth. Iliyah Feb 2019 #1

He's the linchpin imo. nt babylonsister Feb 2019 #2

Yup! Mr. Weisselberg goes all the way Golden Raisin Feb 2019 #7

He's been granted immunity so babylonsister Feb 2019 #8

Limited immunity in Cohen probe by SDNY. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #12

That's not quite right... Kensan Feb 2019 #15

I don't think the immunity covers a bullet in the head. LiberalArkie Feb 2019 #18

This is House Intel - this has to be about money laundering... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #3

Yeah, this must be about how putin has so much Ilsa Feb 2019 #10

Extra large popcorn, please. volstork Feb 2019 #4

"I'M WALKIN OUT WITH THE BOOKKEEPER!!" Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #5

Great scene! Ilsa Feb 2019 #9

This isn't googling TrogL Feb 2019 #23

T, this is just a brief scene from "The Untouchables" - a movie reference, not a literary one! Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #24

Ruh-roh. That ought to bump up Trump's blood pressure. Marie Marie Feb 2019 #6

Drip. Drip. Drip. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #11

If anyone knows where all the bodies are buried, it's this guy. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #13

It depends. He's one of them. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #16

However he has been granted immunity. If they find evidence of the Trump family's financial crimes smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #17

Limited immunity. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #21

This ought to be interesting. Didn't Mueller or the Senate interview him? Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #14

He has indeed beeb talking with Mueller. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #22

BOOM! SunSeeker Feb 2019 #19

In the immortal words of Jed Clampett... llmart Feb 2019 #20

"Bring your sleeping bag, Allen." moondust Feb 2019 #25

Felix Sater in a couple weeks and now Weisselberg, glorious. sarcasmo Feb 2019 #26

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. Lets see who tells the truth.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:43 PM

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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

2. He's the linchpin imo. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:44 PM

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Golden Raisin

(4,609 posts)

7. Yup! Mr. Weisselberg goes all the way

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:51 PM

Feb 2019

back to Donald's father Fred's time. He presumably knows where all the bodies are buried. Will be interesting to see if he "sings" or takes the 5th.

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

8. He's been granted immunity so

Reply to Golden Raisin (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:57 PM

Feb 2019

I don't know why he wouldn't 'sing'.

Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg granted immunity in Cohen probe

Allen Weisselberg, longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors as part of their investigation into President Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/24/longtime-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-granted-immunity-in-cohen-probe-dj-citing-sources.html

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

12. Limited immunity in Cohen probe by SDNY.

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:46 PM

Feb 2019

Not full immunity before Congress. Not the same thing.

Kensan

(180 posts)

15. That's not quite right...

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:51 PM

Feb 2019

He was granted a very specific immunity related to his involvement in the hush money payments. Cohen had already implicated him on the tape recording when he discussed the matter with Trump. Prosecutors gave Weisselberg immunity only for his involvement in making/approving the reimbursement payments to Cohen. He was to corroborate the information the prosecutors already received from Cohen.

Unless there has been new developments today, Weisselberg is still an open target of any other criminal matters. That would include several topics Cohen discussed yesterday at his Hearing (insurance/bank fraud, the Trump Foundation, officer fiduciary duties when he signs fraudulent financial statements, etc.).

LiberalArkie

(15,716 posts)

18. I don't think the immunity covers a bullet in the head.

Reply to babylonsister (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 08:09 PM

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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

3. This is House Intel - this has to be about money laundering...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:51 PM

Feb 2019

...the Moscow trump Tower project, things like that. House Judicial handles the Stormy stuff, IIRC.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

10. Yeah, this must be about how putin has so much

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:36 PM

Feb 2019

Control over TraitorTrump.

volstork

(5,401 posts)

4. Extra large popcorn, please.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:57 PM

Feb 2019

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

5. "I'M WALKIN OUT WITH THE BOOKKEEPER!!"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:07 PM

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Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

9. Great scene!

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:34 PM

Feb 2019

Bring in the bookkeeper!

TrogL

(32,822 posts)

23. This isn't googling

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:19 PM

Feb 2019

What’s the literary reference?

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

24. T, this is just a brief scene from "The Untouchables" - a movie reference, not a literary one!

Reply to TrogL (Reply #23)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

6. Ruh-roh. That ought to bump up Trump's blood pressure.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:44 PM

Feb 2019

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

11. Drip. Drip. Drip.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:42 PM

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

13. If anyone knows where all the bodies are buried, it's this guy.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:48 PM

Feb 2019

Trump and family are in for a world of hurt after his testimony.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

16. It depends. He's one of them.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:51 PM

Feb 2019

He owes his wealth to the Trump family. They have instructed him and relied on him for decades.

If the Trumps did illegal things with their finances, so did this guy. He may have even advised them to do the things they did. After all, how would they know? They're not the brightest bulbs in the room.

The danger is that if he lied before, he's trapped in those lies.