As today is #Weisselday, the day we learned Trump accountant Allen Weisselberg has abandoned Trump-paid attorneys & hired independent counsel - it means Allen is flipping against Trump
This is huge
Let's do a Thread
Weisselberg Primer Thread 2/
Allen Weisselberg has been Trump's accountant for over 40 years, and worked prior to that for Trump's scumbag slumlord dad, Fred Trump. Allen is crooked. Allen is the ONLY person Trump has ever trusted with Trump's money. They are a criming duo
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So DECADES before Stormy Hush Money payment happened with Michael Cohen (of course Weisselberg was involved) - so well before Trump was even President - Weisselberg handled all Trump money, including money laundering crimes & tax fraud
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When FBI raided Michael Cohen's office in 2018, they discovered Weisselberg's crooked accounting books - the double bookkeeping. Since then New York prosecutors have built their case (did so for 4 years) and had 1.5 MILLION pages of Weisselberg books
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Prosecutors in New York also have Trump tax returns, the Deutsche Bank files, and files from the auditors of Trump Org, Mazars (who have issued a public notice, that their statements about Trump finances are no longer valid, after lies were exposed)
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These additional files are over 300,000 pages. Prosecutors also have several people who testified against Weisselberg incl an ex wife of one of Allen's sons, and of course Michael Cohen. Also 2 of Trump officers were immunized to testify against him
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Allen Weisselberg was in court last year. He pleaded guilty to all 15 counts against him then, including 13 years of tax fraud - and grand larceny. He is now serving time at Riker's Island prison
But those were SMALL PEANUTS charges against him then
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Allen got a rotten deal last year because he refused to flip fully against Trump. Allen only flipped - & testified in court - against Trump Org (Trump's companies). Those are now being supervised so Trump can no longer use his businesses for criming
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What do I mean? Weisselberg faced 12 years, and only got 5 months. Isn't that an unbelievably sweet deal? No. The one thing Allen needed he did not get - he got NO IMMUNITY
Allen faces about 7 more criminal trials (or sets of trials). No immunity
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So Allen Weisselberg has been stewing inside notorious Rikers Island prison now for 4 months, and then prosecutors visited him and told him, his SECOND (of 7) criminal trials is coming up. Now Allen faces LIFE in prison
Time to flip fully
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Let's start with Trial 1 - Tax Fraud
Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty (he confessed) to 15 counts of financial fraud - including grand larceny. He is a confessed serial fraudster. His NEXT conviction will be brutal sentence unless he flips
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The books they had on Weisselberg enabled prosecution to prove 13 years of tax fraud (from 2006 - 2018). Allen paid back taxes & fees worth about 3 million dollars. His total sentence was worth 12 years, but got only 5 mo because of his plea bargain
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In court filings, prosecutors told judge that there are OTHER TAX FRAUDS in addition to Weisselberg at Trump Org (among those obviously Trump kids, Ivanka, Beavis & Butthead Trump). They WILL be tried, convicted, pay back taxes, and go to prison too
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Prosecution did not mention NAMES (it is my guess, that these are Trump kids) and of course prosecution did not say anything about these other tax frauds and any future charges (that is my guess, of course NY prosecutes ALL tax frauds, ALWAYS)
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Prosecutors ALSO told in court filings that there is at least one person at Trump Org who is a BIGGER TAX FRAUD than Weisselberg (who paid $3 million). This must be Trump. Of course it is Trump. And OF COURSE New York will charge Trump for tax fraud
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Understand this point: NY prosecutors have told in court documents to NY Judge that they have PROOF of a tax fraud bigger than Weisselberg in HIS crooked accounting. That IS Donald Trump. And Allen's OWN tax crimes were worth 12 YEARS in prison.
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Before we look at any NEW charges & trials of Weisselberg, that tax fraud that Weisselberg CONFESSED was worth 12 years of prison time in New York state
Trump is BIGGER tax fraud. I estimate 15 years. And Trump cannot flip against anyone
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Did I get your attention?
Allen Weisselberg confessed to crimes, for which NY has his crooked accounting, that is worth 12 years in prison
Same books show a bigger criminal = Trump
And now Weisselberg flips against Trump
15 YEARS, JUST on taxes
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America's most notorious gangster Al Capone, a murderer, smuggler, extortionist, and vile human being - was convicted to prison for the rest of his life - on TAX FRAUD
But Tax Fraud in NY for Trump is only the BEGINNING of the pain with Weisselberg
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Weisselberg's books prove tax fraud ALSO IN OTHER STATES. We KNOW of such tax fraud at least in IL, MD, CA, NJ, DC and FL. Even if you 'only ' add 5 years for each of those states, that is 30 years ON TOP of the 15 in NY state prison
Plus IRS!!!
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We know from court filings that the IRS is also investigating Trump for these SAME crimes that he committed in New York as state crimes. Trump FEDERAL tax fraud is YET another 15 years on top of those 45 years so far
But wait, there's more!
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A WORSE crime for Trump and Weisselberg is Money Laundering for the Mafia. Trump has a long history of money laundering crimes. His casinos in New Jersey were Mafia fronts used for money laundering. And Allen handled ALL money
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One of Allen Weisselberg's sons was personally running the money laundering operation at Trump Ice Rink. Allen's negotiations will force him to pick between his own son or Trump. Again, remember the prosecution HAVE the evidence & multiple witnesses
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The division of labor in NY was so that Manhattan DA handles the fast and easy case (tax fraud), while NY Attorney General handles the more complex and longer investigation into money laundering. This may be why Trump suddenly mentions Tish James
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How much prison time? Weisselberg & Trump face up to Life Sentences in NY for their money laundering for the Mafia.
But Trump laundered money also OUTSIDE of NY State. So bring in the FBI and DOJ, there is also FEDERAL Money Laundering, next case
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Federal money laundering is separate crime, also carries up to Life in prison for both
But wait. There is more
Then there is SANCTIONS BUSTING. This is a federal crime against the United States of America
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When Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, President Obama slapped on the biggest sanctions on Russia there had ever been. And of course it was illegal to deal with the sanctioned Russians. Have a guess who did that business? Trump
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To make the sanctions busting easy Putin had one of his banks set up an office in Trump Tower. Trump LAUNDERED MONEY for Putin, against USA sanctions. This is such a severe federal crime Weisselberg & Trump face federal Life Remaining Without Parole
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Then there was a slew of pilfering and theft and fraud while Trump was running for President, and then from the White House. If Trump made money out of it, Weisselberg was involved. But two of these crimes are worth mentioning in this long Thread...
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Presidential pardons. Trump took bribes for everything he did. We do not 'know' by any evidence so far but it seems obvious that for the pardons, Trump took bribes. If so, Weisselberg handled all that money, & will have to testify when he flips
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Note - if a government official took a bribe for an official act, it is a criminal act. And all those PARDONS become suspect. We may well see them litigated in the Supreme Court. I would not be surprised if corrupt pardons become overturned... :-)
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How much prison time? I estimated on very rough level back in 2021, that Trump (and Weisselberg and Jared) face 700 years each, for this series of pardoning bribe crimes.
But wait, there's more..
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We do not 'know' this, by ANY reporting or evidence. But we pretty much KNOW that if Trump took bribes for everything else, he MUST have taken bribes for his most valuable decisions - the three appointment into lifetime posts at US Supreme Court
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If Trump took bribes for his SCOTUS appointments, absolutely beyond any doubt, the only person he could have trusted to handle those bribe payments (how much, $5 million per Justice, or $10 million?) would have been Weisselberg.
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How much prison time? 3x Federal Life Remaining Without Parole
But wait, there is more
Then the Classified Documents Theft, and Espionage. Trump did not steal docs to READ them.
He wanted to SELL the secrets. If money involved = Weisselberg
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Weisselberg was arrested in the summer of 2021. The classified documents case broke into public domain in summer 2022. So for most of that public part, Allen was not handling Trump's funds related to espionage
BUT... The INTENTION was to sell them
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Trump PLANNED the THEFT of US Government Classified Documents in the AUTUMN of 2020, executed mostly in late 2020 and January 2021. Trump needed to sell the secrets to FOREIGNERS. To move FOREIGN money. This meant Weisselberg
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During that time, autumn 2020, January 2021, the PLANS for how to sell US secrets (and to WHICH enemies of USA) was planned with Jared Kushner, Mark Meadows, Weisselberg and Trump. MAYBE some 2-3 other people, but mostly these 4
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Jared flipped in 2021. Mark Meadows flipped in 2022. Allen Weisselberg is VERY screwed, in that 2 of 4 in this espionage conspiracy have ALREADY flipped. He is in a VERY weak position. But he HAS to confess EVERY crime, else his flip is pointless
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How much time? Trump faces on the THEFT of Classified Docs alone, about 1,500 years more, on top of all the above. I do not see Weisselberg 'exposed' on a millenium of time (Meadows is) but Allen's role is worth at least a CENTURY more in prison
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You see my point? There is no other person on the planet who can testify to as much of Trump's total criminality, as Weisselberg can. Not Bill Barr, not Mark Meadows, not Ivanka, Jared, not the Slovenian Rental, nor Michael Cohen, Corcoran, Giuliani
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The first sign in Trumpworld of someone flipping, is when they abandon their Trump-paid attorney. We saw this with Michael Cohen & Cassidy Hutchison. Now Allen Weisselberg has done the same (likely last week)
Weisselberg is flipping against Trump
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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