Major new breakthrough in New York criminal case against Donald Trump
Earlier today Palmer Report explained why, yes, Donald Trump is more on track than ever to end up in prison in New York. Then, in a timely reminder of how these things really do work, it turns out New York prosecutors have just made a major breakthrough in the case against Trump.
Based on what’s publicly known alone, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office already has more than enough evidence to convict Trump on the most cut and dried of financial charges. But it’s clear that the DA wants cooperating witnesses against Trump, as evidenced by its heightening criminal cases against the likes of Steve Bannon and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.
Now the New York Times is reporting this evening that the DA’s office has subpoenaed Weisselberg’s personal banking records. To be clear, this subpoena wouldn’t be happening if prosecutors didn’t already have evidence in hand that Weisselberg committed financial crimes. So this essentially means that prosecutors have Weisselberg nailed – and possibly his son as well.
The best case scenario is that Weisselberg swiftly cuts a plea deal against Donald Trump, in order to save himself and his son. Now that Weisselberg knows the Feds have him nailed and are poring over his bank records to find even more evidence of his crimes, the odds of Weisselberg cutting that deal probably just went up. Again, prosecutors don’t need Weisselberg to nail Trump. But getting him on board can’t hurt when it comes to making the case as overwhelmingly damning as possible.
