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
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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On Monday Judge Chutkan in DC (Jack Smith 2) case will hold a hearing about putting a gag order on Herr Hezbollah, the nation's Terrorist-In-Chief. Trump was under protective order. He breached it many times. So this is now his 'final warning'
Let's do a Thread
GAG ORDER THREAD/2
Don't look at me like that! This is JUSTICE. It is EXACTLY the same legal standard that would apply to you and me. Nothing more, nothing less. Trump is a FIRST TIME OFFENDER; has NEVER been convicted of any crime (yet). He was put on a 'protective order' FIRST
GAG ORDER THREAD/3
Then Trump repeatedly broke that protective order. We WITNESSED IT LIVE on TV and on social media, REPEATEDLY
But the Judge CANNOT do anything about it. Until she is FORMALLY told by the prosecution. She CANNOT do anything yet. It would be same for you and me
We certainly feel it was taking too long. In reality this is about par for the course, in some ways FASTER than normal, for such a large criminal conspiracy. Timing is similar to Watergate
FIRST of PLANNERS of Jan 6 go to trial, in Georgia in two weeks !!!
So January 6th, 2021 was two years and 9 months ago. Over 1,000 of the violent mob have been caught, over half prosecuted, and prison sentences for those running up to more than a decade in prison. That is justice
The ORGANIZERS of the Jan 6th plot are Trump, the Seditious Six..
The ORGANIZERS of Jan 6 are
Trump
Seditious Six (Giuliani, Flynn etc)
Evil Eleven of Congress (Gosar, Gym, Gaetz etc)
and a handful others (Roger Stone, Bannon etc)
They are ALL CAUGHT
Jack Smith STARTED to prosecute the organizers. Look who he has as WITNESSES to this crime
Trump calls Hezbollah "very smart" for their terrorist attack? Same Senile Man called Putin smart for invading Ukraine. And called murdering dictators MBS and Kim Jong Un smart
Meanwhile Trump has called HIS OWN CABINET and HIS OWN GENERALS idiots & stupid
General Mattis: Trump's not mature, a 5th grader
General McMaster: he's a dope, kindergartner idiot
Colonel Esper: irresponsible
General Milley: crazy
General Hytin: an idiot
General Kelly: Trump's crazy, an unhinged idiot
Next...
Then let's ask Trump White House staff, people Trump selected:
VP Pence: Trump is reckless
CoS 1 Priebus: he's an idiot
CoS 2 (Kelly, in above)
CoS 3 Mulvaney: terrible human being, a clown show
CoS 4 Meadows: Trump is worthless
SoS Tillerson: he's a fucking moron
Trump was massively embarrassed in New York, and that trial still continues. But this incident (Trump sitting in NY court for 3 days and then bailed) exposes insight into how incredibly stupid, and self-destructive Trump is
Let's do a Thread
New York New York Thread /2
So what happened? Trump sat in the civil trial - he is NOT required to be there (he must attend all criminal trials which start in March 2024). He feuded with the judge, got hit with a gag order, then stormed out of New York. Let's see how dumb it was
New York New York Thread /3
Donald the Duck McTrump's whole brand is based on the carefully constructed fake illusion, that he is somehow a 'billionaire'. WE know he is not. That Trump is a fake, a con-artist, living on other people's money. But his SUPPORTERS believe that lie
What happens next? The House cannot conduct any other business until it has selected a new House Speaker. The GOP is in civil war. It may be chaos for a while. Most likely they find a suitable Republican Speaker
DEMs do not have votes for DEM Speaker
BUT DEMs could make a deal
If a slice of Republicans (as few as 6) ally with DEMs, then that alliance could select (a Republican) speaker
Realistically the most logical such choice is an EX House Republican, like Liz Cheney
Because of GOP civil war, DEMs have leverage now
This is the deal I suggest:
DEMs make deal for ANY Republican who they can trust (like Liz Cheney, Kinzinger) where promise is 2 House Votes every week. One vote on legislation provided by GOP, the other vote legislation provided by DEMs. Both will get a floor vote each week
With Friday's bombshell news in court filing by Jack Smith of 3 more prosecution witnesses - now just about as big as they come - let's do a Thread about the flippers in Trump's life, the rats who all testify under oath, in criminal courts, against Trump
Flipper Thread/2
Trump committed an act of insurgency against America. That word is rarely used. The legal EFFECT is the same as 'treason'. Trump committed a crime which is essentially as bad as treason
So who does Jack Smith have as a witness? Trump's OWN Attorney General Barr
Flipper Thread/3
Bill Barr was not just the nation's top lawyer, as Attorney General, when this plot was first hatched - Barr learned of the idea - and TOLD TRUMP IT IS ILLEGAL. That is what Barr will testify under oath. That Trump KNEW this plot is illegal