Criminal Charges Are Expected Against The Trump Organization Today
New York City prosecutors are reportedly poised to announce criminal charges today after a three-year investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business empire.
The Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, are expected to face criminal charges for allegedly paying employees with perks to avoid taxes, according to reporters Ilya Marritz and Andrea Bernstein.
Weisselberg, a four-decade employee of the Trump Organization, surrendered to authorities in New York Thursday morning.
Those perks apparently included non-salary benefits like cars, apartments and private school tuition.
A former U.S. president has never been charged with breaking the law, but this would come close.
“Trump and his business have been in court thousands of times over the years. They have sued people, and they have been sued,” Marritz told NPR’s Up First. “Every one of these court cases has always been civil, not criminal. That’s what makes this arraignment we’re expecting this afternoon so noteworthy" .
The criminal complaint is not yet public, so it’s unclear exactly what charges Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. intends to bring.
Attorneys for the Trump Organization and Weisselberg didn’t provide any comment on the expected charges, said Marritz, who notes that the former president has always maintained his innocence and claims that this investigation is motivated by politics.
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