08-24-2018, 12:15 PM
More immunity granted in Cohen investigation
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Allen Weisselberg (right), longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors as part of their investigation into President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, NBC News reported Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the matter.
Cohen admitted on Tuesday that he had facilitated unlawful payments to two women at Trump's direction in order to keep unfavorable information about the president, who at the time was still a candidate, from becoming public. In a legal document related to the case, Weisselberg, who is referred to as "Executive-1," is accused of instructing a Trump Organization employee to reimburse Cohen for one of the payments.
Weisselberg's ties to the president go back decades: He has overseen the Trump Organization's finances, been involved in the Trump Foundation, the president's charity, and has managed Trump's private trust alongside his eldest sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. He was reportedly subpoenaed by prosecutors earlier this year to testify before a grand jury as part of that inquiry.
Refs:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/24/longtime...urces.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/allen-weiss...1535121992
Allen Weisselberg (right), longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors as part of their investigation into President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, NBC News reported Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the matter.
Cohen admitted on Tuesday that he had facilitated unlawful payments to two women at Trump's direction in order to keep unfavorable information about the president, who at the time was still a candidate, from becoming public. In a legal document related to the case, Weisselberg, who is referred to as "Executive-1," is accused of instructing a Trump Organization employee to reimburse Cohen for one of the payments.
Weisselberg's ties to the president go back decades: He has overseen the Trump Organization's finances, been involved in the Trump Foundation, the president's charity, and has managed Trump's private trust alongside his eldest sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. He was reportedly subpoenaed by prosecutors earlier this year to testify before a grand jury as part of that inquiry.
Refs:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/24/longtime...urces.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/allen-weiss...1535121992