More misery for Donald Trump as prosecutors grant his organisation’s CFO immunity in Michael Cohen probe
A cooperation deal between Allen Weisselberg and prosecutors could be damaging to the president given the executive’s long-time role in Trump’s business affairs
US federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organisation’s chief financial officer in an investigation involving US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The CFO, Allen Weisselberg, was called to testify before a federal grand jury earlier this year, the newspaper reported.
A cooperation deal between Weisselberg and prosecutors could be damaging to the president given the executive’s long-time role in Trump’s business affairs.
Weisselberg has worked for the Trump family for more than four decades, including as treasurer for the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
A spokeswoman for the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, which has been leading the Cohen probe, declined to comment, as did the White House.
The Trump Organisation did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Alan Futerfas, an outside lawyer for the organisation, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.