A trove of leaked documents from Facebook suggest the company knew its platforms were used for human trafficking, spreading extremism, and inciting violence. Democrats near deal on social spending and climate package as Biden heads to Europe. Prosecutors have been using previously empaneled grand juries to issue subpoenas and gather evidence in an investigation that has spanned the better part of two years. Grand juries only sit for a few months at a time. A special grand jury sits for a longer period of time.
Empaneling a special grand jury suggests the case has reached an advanced stage, but as yet, there have been no charges filed. Potential witnesses have been contacted in recent weeks about appearing before the special grand jury, the sources told ABC News.
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Back to Article. Beginning in , and as part of the scheme to defraud, Weisselberg signed rental checks drawn on the Trump Corporation's bank account, and the checks were sent to the managing agent for the apartment building on Riverside Boulevard. Similarly, Weisselberg and others directed the Trump Corporation to issue checks to pay for Weisselberg's utility bills for the Riverside Boulevard apartment, including payments for electricity, telephone services, internet, and cable television service.
During this period of time, the Trump Corporation also paid for Weisselberg's monthly garage expenses. At all relevant times, the payments of Weisselberg's rent, utility, and garage expenses constituted employee compensation and taxable income to Weisselberg. However, for certain years, the Trump Organization maintained internal spreadsheets that tracked the amounts it paid for Weisselberg's rent, utility, and garage expenses. Simultaneously, the Trump Organization reduced the amount of direct compensation that Weisselberg received in the form of checks or direct deposits to account for the indirect compensation that he received in the form of payments of rent, utility bills, and garage expenses.
The indirect compensation was not included on Weisselberg's W-2 forms or otherwise reported to federal, state, or local tax authorities, and no income taxes were withheld by the corporate defendants in connection with the indirect compensation.
The compensation amounts 5. Weisselberg intentionally caused the indirect compensation payments to be omitted from his personal tax returns, despite knowing that those payments represented taxable income and were treated as compensation by the Trump Corporation in internal records. The defendants not only concealed, failed to report, and failed to pay income taxes in connection with Weisselberg's New York City apartment, but they also concealed his status as a New York City resident and enabled Weisselberg to avoid the payment of New York City income taxes.
Beginning in May , when the Trump Corporation rented the Riverside Boulevard apartment for Weisselberg's use as a permanent place of abode, Weisselberg spent most of his days each year in New York City, working in the Trump Organization offices at Trump Tower. He was a New York City resident, and knew that he was a New York City resident, but falsely claimed to his tax preparer and to the tax authorities that he was not a New York City resident. Weisselberg and others caused the corporate defendants not to report his compensation to New York City tax authorities and not to withhold New York City income taxes from Weisselberg's compensation.
Beginning in , one of Weisselberg's family members began attending a private school in Manhattan. Beginning in , a second Weisselberg family member began attending the same private school. From through , and as part of the scheme to defraud, Trump Corporation personnel, including Weisselberg, arranged for tuition expenses for Weisselberg's family members to be paid by personal checks drawn on the account of and signed by Donald J.
Trump, and later drawn on the account of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust dated April 7, The payment of tuition expenses for Weisselberg's family members constituted employee compensation and taxable income to Allen Weisselberg and was treated as part of Weisselberg's annual compensation in internal records maintained by the Trump Corporation. However, the indirect compensation in the form of tuition payments was not included on Weisselberg's W-2 forms or otherwise reported to federal, state, or local tax authorities, and no income taxes were withheld by the corporate defendants in connection with the tuition payments.
Weisselberg intentionally caused the tuition payments be omitted from his personal tax returns, despite knowing that those payments represented taxable income and were treated as compensation by the Trump Corporation in internal records. Because the indirect compensation in the form of tuition payments was not reported by the corporate defendants to the tax authorities, was not subjected to income tax withholding by 7.
From at least through , and as part of the scheme to defraud, the Trump Corporation paid the annual lease expenses on two Mercedes Benz automobiles that were the personal cars of Weisselberg and his wife. The payment of the automobile leases for Weisselberg and his wife constituted employee compensation and taxable income to Allen Weisselberg.
In certain years, the automobile lease payments attributable to Weisselberg's were treated as part of Weisselberg's annual compensation in internal records maintained by the Trump Corporation. However, no lease payments were included on Weisselberg's W-2 forms or otherwise reported to federal, state, or local tax authorities, and no income taxes were withheld by the corporate defendants in connection with the automobile lease payments.
If the hearing shows that you committed a crime other than the felony charged, the court may reduce the charges against you. Most cases in New York City skip this hearing and the prosecutor takes the case straight to a grand jury. The grand jury votes an indictment when at least 12 grand jurors think there is enough evidence against you. In that case, the charges against you will be reduced. If the grand jury finds that there is not enough evidence of any crime, the court must dismiss the charges and release you.
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