NEW: He could’ve taken down the Trump Organization. Now he’s taking the blame
Investigators assert that Weisselberg got a plethora of untaxed company perks, like a swanky apartment, luxury car, and expensivefor his grandkids. But McConney—who’s been a corporate accountant for decades—swore he wasn’t even aware they counted.
The Trump Organization and Weisselberg are seizing on McConney’s testimony behind closed doors to argue there couldn’t possibly be a criminal conspiracy. Their reasoning: a conspiracy would require at least two people—Weisselberg and McConney—who knew what they were doing was wrong. Necheles, who made the assertions in an attempt to dismiss the indictment against the company, did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did McConney.
just months before she decided to not investigate his fraudulent Trump University—then mislabeled it as a legal payment to a similarly-named nonprofit. It’s all the more notable, then, that McConney got what amounts to a sweet deal. Unlike other states or even federal courts, New York has a unique rule called “transactional immunity” that completely protects witnesses. In essence, a person cannot be charged for any crime they reveal in their testimony to a grand jury. So, McConney is now likely off the hook for any role he had in the Trump Organization’s alleged business crimes.
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