The decision to grant immunity to longtime Trump organization Chief Finance Officer Allen Weisselberg as part of an investigation into Michael Cohen could lead to the organization's "downfall," former Watergate assistant special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks commented Friday.
"With Weisselberg, there could be so many more crimes uncovered," Wine-Banks told MSNBC, just after news broke about the immunity plan. "If he's smart, he ought to get it all out now while he has immunity, and that could really lead to the downfall of the Trump organization.”
Tuesday, Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws and bank fraud. Federal prosecutors are considering charges against the Trump organization in connection to its accounting of a payment Cohen said he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, reports The New York Times.
Prosecutors say reimbursements to Cohen came through sham reimbursements, according to The Washington Post, and Wine-Banks said Friday that could be proof the Trump organization is guilty of a crime.
"I would say there's a couple of Watergate analogies, which is 'What did the president know and when did he know it? Which is a question,'" said Wine-Banks
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