The Donald Trump Organization and its financial director, Allen Wisselberg , have been indicted this Wednesday for alleged tax crimes by a Manhattan grand jury, although the charges are expected to be revealed this Thursday, US media report.
While it is expected that neither former United States President Donald Trump nor his children will be included in the charges, it is expected that Wisselberg will surrender to the authorities this Thursday morning, sources familiar with the matter have reported to CNN.
The case in which the organization and the CFO have been indicted is part of the criminal investigation of the Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, and refers to the unpaid taxes for benefits granted to Allen Wisselberg .
According to the Bloomberg agency, these would include an apartment or a company car.
Any charges against Allen Wisselberg , 73, will increase pressure on Trump’s loyal aide, who has served the family for more than 40 years and is the only person not named Trump who the former president entrusts his money to.
The organization’s chief financial officer has negotiated Trump’s loans, is a co-signer of his accounts, helps to process his taxes and, together with the former president’s children, has supervised the trust that held all of Trump’s assets while he was in office.
As for the company, a business conglomerate that is mainly dedicated to the management and development of real estate, “the direct consequences of any criminal conviction could be a massive fine or could include some type of conditional release,” as indicated by the former prosecutor. federal Miriam Baer .
Trump was forced to relinquish control of the firm to his sons in 2017 upon assuming the U.S. Presidency, but he has never fully dissociated himself.
