Politico | Trump lawyer: Manhattan DA won’t charge former president
- Manhattan’s district attorney Cy Vance is considering bringing charges against the Trump Organisation related to tax fraud, said Trump’s lawyer Ronald Fischetti
- Fischetti also said Vance’s team told him they will not bring charges against Trump himself when the first indictment comes down
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Betsy Woodruff Swan on politico.com on June 28, 2021.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organisation with crimes related to allegations of “hush money” payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump.
Ronald Fischetti, a New York lawyer who represents the former president, said on Monday that in a meeting last week, he asked Vance’s team for details on charges they were considering.
According to Fischetti, members of Vance’s team said they were considering bringing charges against the Trump Organisation and its individual employees related to alleged failures to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks. It has been widely reported that those perks included cars and flats and appear to only involve a small number of executives.
“We asked, ‘Is there anything else?’” Fischetti told Politico. “They said, ‘No.’”
“It’s crazy that that’s all they had,” he added.