Proving longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg intentionally evaded taxes on nearly $1.8 million in “off the books” perks will be critical for New York prosecutors to make criminal charges stick, legal experts said.
Unpaid taxes on luxury cars, an Upper West Side apartment, and payments for grandchildrens’ tuition by themselves aren’t necessarily evidence of criminal tax fraud. Instead, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance must prove Weisselberg and the Trump Organization deliberately covered up perks that should have been taxed.
As Donald Trump’s longtime aide, Weisselberg is a central figure in the prosecution’s case. Weisselberg has served the Trump ...