Indictment: Trump Thinks He CAN Choose Which Laws To Heed
The extraordinary indictment of the Trump Organization last Thursday prompted an extraordinarily awful response from its sole owner and its lawyer.
Trump asserted that he can pick and choose which laws he obeys. His lawyer, Alan Futerfass, says that prosecutors should have settled the Trump Organization tax fraud allegations in secret negotiations, not with criminal charges filed in public.
What s brazen is how Trump and Futerfass reveal support for two systems of justice, separate and unequal, with people like themselves getting special light treatment.
Pay close attention to the last words in this Trump Organization statement: The district attorney is bringing a criminal prosecution involving employee benefits that neither the IRS nor any other district attorney would ever think of bringing.
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Opinions | I’ve prosecuted Trump. Documents matter more than Weisselberg now. Tristan Snell © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Ohio last weekend. His business and a top adviser were indicted this week. Allen Weisselberg’s indictment on Thursday brought an especially intense focus on the man everyone seems to agree is the star witness in the prosecution of the Trump Organization for alleged tax and bank fraud. He is, after all, the company’s chief financial officer, and even that lofty title understates his role: He micromanaged the finances of hundreds of Trump Organization subsidiaries and acted as the hatchet man, shutting down lines of business that were underperforming. Weisselberg was the single most indispensable figure in the company other than its namesake.
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Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Donald John Trump
Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer
Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump
Marriages:Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present); Marla (Maples) Trump (December 1993-June 1999, divorced); Ivana (Zelnicek) Trump (1977-1990, divorced)
Children: with Melania Trump: Barron, March 20, 2006; with Marla Maples: Tiffany, October 13, 1993; with Ivana Trump: Eric, 1984; Ivanka, October 30, 1981; Donald Jr., December 31, 1977
Education: Attended Fordham University; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance, B.S. in Economics, 1968
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