Federal prosecutors reportedly have granted immunity to longtime Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg for giving information about the hush money former Trump attorney Michael Cohen arranged for two women during the 2016 presidential election.
Prosecutors called Weisselberg to testify before a federal grand jury in the investigation into Cohen’s hush-money payments earlier this year. For decades, Weisselberg served as the executive vice president and CFO of the Trump Organization. The Wall Street Journal reported the story Friday morning.
Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts Tuesday evening. The counts range from tax fraud to falsified bank accounts to campaign finance violations. While Cohen did not directly name the president Tuesday when he pleaded guilty, he suggested he committed those offenses at Trump’s request.
Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty Tuesday on eight of the 18 charges Mueller brought against him. Manafort was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud and one count of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, among other charges.
Weisselberg isn’t the only former Trump ally to receive immunity from federal prosecutors. Longtime Trump ally and National Enquirer CFO David Pecker was also granted immunity in exchange for details about the payments Cohen arranged for the two women.
