- Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have been charged with tax crimes
- Weisselberg, 73, will appear before a court on Thursday
- Earlier on Wednesday it emerged prosecutors were looking at cash bonuses as they examine whether employee benefits were properly declared
- Donald Trump won’t be personally charged in the Manhattan district attorney’s first case against his business organization
- The former president called the DA’s investigation ‘a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time,’ in a lengthy, rambling statement
- Charges relate to alleged failures to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks
- They are not related to ‘hush money’ payments to porn star Stormy Daniels
- Trump Organization has denied any charges of wrong doing
- Charges likely in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded to Weisselberg, who prosecutors were hoping might flip
- Weisselberg first started working for the company under Fred Trump in the 1970s