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 PROSECUTOR IMPLIES DONALD TRUMP IS GUILTY (see here)

A jury deliberated for two days and found two corporate entities at the Trump Organization guilty on all 17 counts – including conspiracy charges and falsifying business records.

Trump himself was not on trial. But prosecutors alleged that he “knew exactly what was going on” with the ‘scheme.’ Trump and the company’s lawyers have denied that, and so did the defendants.

Though he testified as a prosecution witness, Weisselberg took responsibility on the witness stand. He said nobody in the Trump family knew what he was doing.

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to dodging taxes on $1.7 million in fringe benefits, testified that he and Controller Jeffrey McConney conspired to hide that extra compensation from his income by deducting their cost from his pre-tax salary and issuing falsified W-2 forms. He said he “betrayed” the family’s trust.

A Trump Organization spokesperson said, “The notion that a company could be held responsible for an employee’s actions, to benefit themselves, on their own personal tax returns is simply preposterous.”

This verdict sends a message to corporations that if you have any staff who make a mistake or violate the law, they can end up like Donald Trump if a prosecutor unilaterally decides to make it a case.

The spokesperson added that the case was “unprecedented and legally incorrect.” The Trump Organization would appeal the verdict.