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On 15 charges related to a 15-year tax scheme. the indictment alleges that illegal activity also involved other unnamed executives. weisselberg and the trump organization pleading not guilty to all charges, michael zeldin joining us right now, former special assistant at the department of justice. so good to see you, michael. so this indictment accuses weisselberg and others of evading taxes by getting bonuses that were off the books. how is that alleged to have worked? >> so it was interesting, weisselberg had a set salary of 980-irish thousand dollars and in normal circumstances you receive ...

Of checks and direct deposits. you know, and that indirect compensation was not included on w-2 forms. i mean, that's a smoking spreadsheet right there. they were avoiding paying taxes. >> that is whatt it seems like, at this point. and, you know, we are early into the case. and cases are, of course, tried in court and not just on the face of the indictment. but based on what we saw yesterday, it does seem like it's a strong-documentary case. >> as someone who's covered this extensively for so long, what questions does this raise for you? obviously, there is the big one and, that is, so, what'...

Some of those documents showed financial transaction from allen weisselberg to your family for payments for things like rent, cars, private school tuition. is there anything specifically in the documents that you turned over that you believe may have had contributed to this indictment? >> all of it. when i realized i had to fight for myself, i didn't have a lawyer, i couldn't find my kids based on a w-2 of $is a 2,000, where is the tax evasion, the tax fraud basement apparent. i'm happy today we found out that it is true, it's provable, the d.a. has worked hard to get the subpoenas to prove it...

To actually be collected? >> yeah, think of that. you and i pay our taxes, but there are others that don't pay theirs. the irs has been essentially crippled. going back to the obama administration, they've lost a lot of their funding. they used to audit something like 1.5 to 2% of returns. now it's down to less than half of 1%. and unfortunately, in the last few years, they've been focusing their audits on lower-income people, are they cheating on the earned income tax credit, where they'll collect hundreds of dollars, instead on the high-income, high-roller cheats where they could collect mil...

How California's DMV is making it easier to get a REAL ID FacebookTwitterEmail A REAL ID-compliant California license has a Golden Bear with a star in the upper right corner.California DMV The California DMV announced Wednesday it's simplifying the application process for a REAL ID by requiring one less document.  The DMV is falling in line with new federal rules that no longer require applicants to provide both a Social Security card and W-2 to prove they have a Social Security number. You only need to provide your Social Security number in addition to proof of identity and two proofs of Ca...