So who is that Unindicted Co-Conspirator, Jeff McConney. He is the number 2 bookkeeper at Trump Org. Right hand man to Weisselberg. The Controller. So an accountant for 30 years with Trump. Is cooperating and has limited immunity for testifying to Grand Jury. This guy
What Jeff McConney testimony means, is the final nail to the Weisselberg 1 trial series of New York tax fraud. Because Manhattan DA has the double bookkeeping, all they need is this inside guy to tell what that bookkeeping is, and this case is closed
They do not NEED Weisselberg
Because the number 2 bookkeeper is testifying to Grand Jury, gets immunity, he will not be indicted. He will not go to prison (but will have to pay his own back taxes of course, which likely are of a scale of half a million dollars, when we compare to Weisselberg one million)
Because Jeff McConney testimony is all that is needed to prove INTENTIONAL tax fraud. It means
Weisselberg gets 5 years & pay $1M in back taxes and 2x penalty = $3M
Ivanka, Don Jr, Eric likely all get same, 5 years + $3M
Calamari, Hope Hicks, Rhona Graff etc likely 3 yrs + $1M
Note Weisselberg is also indicted on Grand Larceny (up to 15 years in prison, I estimate he gets 7 years on top of hte 5 in above). This Jeff McConney testimony will help - but not necessarily convince jury of this crime. If someone else flips like Ivanka, Don Jr, would nail it
Understand. This Jeff McConney testimony GUARANTEES that the Hitler Jugend kids go to prison. It is only a question of how much time. If they do not flip, they do about 5 years inside. First to flip, gets sentence like Michael Cohen, 3 years, out in 2.
Of course they will flip
Meanwhile Trump himself? This is a Mafia trial. The boss is ALWAYS tried last. The sequence is:
1 Michael Cohen
2 Weisselberg
3 Trump kids Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka
4 Trump himself
Trump is CERTAIN to be convicted of intentional tax fraud. And the Manhattan DA told us there is someone
Manhattan DA said in indicting Weisselberg, that his tax crime is ONE of the biggest (but thus, is not biggest). We can be CERTAIN that the biggest tax fraud was Trump himself. I estimated his tax debt to be worth approx $20 million, with penalties, he pays $60 million
If Weisselberg gets 5 years prison for systematic deliberate tax fraud covering 15 years - and Trump committed that SAME fraud (in larger amount), Trump gets at least that same 5 years
The Grand Larceny 7 years, Trump will get this too. At least 7 years.
So 12 years for Trump
PS remember
Manhattan DA tax fraud case is Weisselberg 1, out of 5 separate criminal cases involving Trump. The next Weisselberg trials carry FAR MORE prison time
Beyond financial crimes by Trump, come Giuliani related crimes, Roger Stone related crimes, January 6th crimes etc
PS PS
If you want to understand Trump total criminal exposure, I write the first estimate anywhere, of total prison time coming to Trump, on all his crimes like Weisselberg-related, Giuliani-related etc. It is here
ADDENDUM
We have developing story, early Friday morning. Allen Weisselberg's sons ex-wife, Jennifer Weisselberg is testifying that she HEARD Trump promise to pay their kids tuition, instead of giving a raise to her husband. This to avoid the taxes
Game. Set. And Match
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