Ivanka Trump could be next
Based on the focus and direction of the Manhattan District Attorney’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump and the Trump Organization, it’s been clear for quite some time that Allen Weisselberg would be indicted first, and that it would be a precursor to Donald Trump himself getting indicted eventually. But it’s always been an open question as to whether Trump’s kids would meet the same fate.
Yesterday Mary Trump said she suspects Ivanka Trump would be more willing to flip on Donald Trump than anyone else involved. This dovetails with the fact that Ivanka seemed to send a signal to prosecutors just before indictments came down that she’d rather throw Donald Trump under the bus than get indicted herself. Now a legal expert says Ivanka could be next to face indictment.
Former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne is pointing to the widely reported illegitimate “consulting fees” paid to Ivanka Trump as a potential basis for New York prosecutors targeting her next. This could particularly end up being the case if prosecutors think she might indeed be prone to cutting a deal.
The first person to cut a deal against Donald Trump is going to get the most leniency, maybe even full immunity, while everyone else who flips later will get a far worse deal – and everyone involved knows it. We suspect that someone will end up being the first to cut a deal, if only to make sure they’re the first, before anyone else can be the first. It’s how these kinds of cases tend to go.
