james weisselberg pled guilty to it. in the indictment yesterday, he cut a deal, a plea bargain with the manhattan district attorney's office which basically means he'll face a jail sentence of five months with probably reduced to a 100 days or less because of the time is already spent in custody. and be contingent on him testifying truthfully if he's upon. i think thatis truthfully if he's upon. i think that is the thing that'll make all these people interested, given all these people interested, given all the legal question marks facing donald trump. if you got somebody who was part of the organisation, still a paid adviser to trump, and he has to give honest testimony at this trial against the trump organisation, what might that lead to? . , ., ., , organisation, what might that lead to? ., , ., ., , ., ., to? certainly that would be good news for donald _ to? certainly that would be good news for donald trump. - to? certainly that would be good news for donald trump. the - to? certainly that would be good i news for

one of the things he told letitia james and her team is trump's apartment was overvalued by give or take $200 million. weisselberg could be an important witness if james brings a lawsuit against the trump organization with respect to misrepresentations and omissions in the financial statement through which they obtained bank loans, insurance policies, several tax benefits up to $5 million for the former president personally. >> wow, lots of info there. glenn, last word here. quickly, do you concur with all that lisa has said? is there any incentive for allan wise wiesel burg to work with the manhattan d.a. on anything she may bring forward? >> i absolutely agree with lisa in theory. once someone pleads guilty, they can be compelled to testify. what they can't be compelled to do is tell the truth. allan weisselberg took what i call a soldier's plea. i've tried to flip co-conspirators against a bigger fish and they said no, i'm pleading guilty and not cooperating. i don't think that bodes well for future cooperation from weisselberg. >> quickly, he would per jury himself and go down on other charges. >> if he's pre

and this is the greatest impact probably, michael, of the weisselberg guilty pleas, the new york attorney general. tish james. we know trump took the fifth amendment, hundreds of times, when he appeared before her. she has the power, unlike the tax case, she has the power to seek the corporate death penalty because of the pattern of misdeeds, trump's fifth amendment assertion. and she can use these weisselberg guilty pleas as part of that pattern. so, i think it's multiple danger fronts. >> what is the corporate death penalty? >> the attorney general has, in new york, the attorney general has the power an investigation of the kind, the attorney general is now doing, to seek a broader array of remedies of penalties then just in this tax case. >> it could wipe out the whole value of the company, or lead to its liquidation, breaking up the assets, i'm not saying she's gonna do it. but i am saying it's like the remake of ghostbusters. liz cheney, fani willis, tish james, watch out donald trump. >> you live in a golden tower playing around on your own airplane, why on earth when anybody want to be president of th

weisselberg guilty pleas. the new york attorney general, to james, we know trump took the fifth amendment hundreds of times when he appeared before her. she has the power, unlike the tax case, she has the power to seek the corporate death penalty because of the pattern of misdeeds, trump's fifth amendment assertion, and she can use these weisselberg guilty pleas as part of that pattern. i think it's multiple. multiple dangerous fronts. the attorney general has, in new york, the attorney general has the power in an investigation of the kind -- he attorney general is not doing to seek a broader array of remedies and penalties then just in this -- >> it could wipe out the whole value of the company. >> or lead to its liquidation or taking way of assets. i'm not saying she'll do it, but it's like with the remake of ghostbusters. liz cheney, fani willis, tish james, watch out, donald trump. >> we live in a golden tower, fly around on your own airplane. why on earth would anybody want to be president of the united states? >> -- why can't they also established supervision. >> we will talk about that later. thank you,

you better believe that a james thinking about that up in new york. you better believe that weisselberg, maybe a key element and being able to make that case in the future. >> just remind the viewers, weisselberg is of course a longtime cfo in the trump organization. lieutenant james, the first black woman to hold that position is laser focus on bringing justice to this group. we will definitely keep our eyes up, and he 70 something years old. i cannot imagine that he will want to go to jail for a longer than the five month sentence that he has right now. and i want to bring into the conversation irene. the biggest concern about all of this is trump still to this day despite all the evidence against them, these people who want to be patriots are supporting somebody who is accused of being a traitor essentially. they are ready to take action at anytime. even if the action is violence. as evidenced by january six, evidence by the gentleman who attacked the fbi. last friday in cincinnati by evidence that you, know what happened on monday and another fbi office. why should we be doing as a

james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. a long—serving senior executive at donald trump's family business has admitted conspiring with the company in a 15—year tax fraud. allen weisselbergded paying tax on more than £1.5 million worth of unreported perks. under his plea deal, he will serve five months in prison and will have to give evidence against the trump organization. donald trump himself has not been accused of wrongdoing. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, and asked him if allen weisselberg's guilty plea spells further trouble for trump. this is a man who worked for the former president forfive decades. if anyone knows the inner workings of the trump organization, he does. however, it seems as if, as part of this deal to get a relatively short sentence, he has not agreed to give evidence in the future against donald trump. what he will do — he will be a witness at that forthcoming trial involving the trump organization, again involving its tax affairs, and he could well give some very interesting information regarding that, but as far as talking about donald trump, it seems as if that is off—limits for him. he has not made any agreem

new york attorney general letitia james, whose office aided in this investigation, also issued a statement today. she said, "for years, mr. weisselbergroke the law to line his own pockets and fund a lavish lifestyle. today, that misconduct ends." if weisselberg lives up to his end of the bargain, he will face five months in prison, his lawyer saying that could amount to 100 days in jail. the judge today warning weisselberg that it was important he meet all these conditions, including paying back taxes, interest, and penalties, or else the judge said he could sentence him as much as 15 years in a state prison. importantly, he's not cooperating with the manhattan district attorney. that investigation has been relatively dormant, although it is still ongoing, but weisselberg will not aid them in that case. he will be one of their star witnesses at the trial in october. >> kara, thank you very much for all that. with me now is michael cohen, donald trump's former attorney and fixer. he too served jail time for tax fraud and campaign finance fraud related to donald trump's business affairs. also with us is cnn senior legal analyst and for

james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. a long—serving senior executive at donald trump's family business has admitted conspiring with the company in a 15—year tax fraud. allen weisselbergying tax on more than 1.5 million worth of unreported perks. under his plea deal, he will serve five months in prison, and will have to give evidence against the trump organisation. donald trump himself has not been accused of wrongdoing. meanwhile, a judge in florida has un—sealed some of the documents relating to the fbi's search of the mar—a—lago home of donald trump. it comes after american news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more about the search. well, let's get more on both of those developments from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. whojoins us who joins us now. whojoins us now. a sign perhaps from donald trump himself. nobody knows more about the inner workings of the trump organization than allen weisselberg. does his guilty plea spell further trouble for the former president do you think? , , ., ., ., ., ~ think? this is a man who worked for the former _ think? this is a man who worked for the former president - think? this is a man wh

. >> well, you know, in the end, this plea deal does embolden james' civil case against the trump organization. now, weisselberg testify without fifth amendment protection because the criminal case is over. he will be her star witness. if you think that a civil case doesn't matter, just ask ivanka and the trump foundation, which is no more because of a civil action filed by attorney general tish james. >> donny deutsch, i'm sure you hear this an awful lot, i hear it an awful lot, donald trump always gets away with it. he is the rolo tomasi of american politics. he is the guy that always gets away with it. in america, no man is above the law, except donald trump. just curious, are you still hearing that from people? do you personally believe that donald trump is ever going to see justice for, hell, why don't we just start on january 6th, for being at the center of a fascist riot to overthrow legal election results? >> look, i probably get that question asked more than anything. people are usually asking with their hands up. they're never going to get this guy. how does he get away with it? why is he the only one

james also is likely in her state civil case to eventually seek this. you know, recall when these charges were brought as an effort to leverage weisselberg that i predictedgainst donald trump, it was poo-pooed by trump's representatives and lawyers who said, oh, it's not that much money and everybody does this. this is $1.8 million of taxable fringe benefits that were evaded by not reporting them. by the way, the median wage worker in america, the person half earn more, half earn less, would need 52 years to earn that much money, the average wage about 40 years. >> so one interesting point here as we understand the sentencing for allen weisselberg will be held back, they are going to wait until after the trial of the trump organization itself, which creates some leverage to force him to do what he has agreed to do. talk to us about the mechanics of how this works now, david. so allen weisselberg pleads guilty, he pleads guilty, then he's called to the stand and asked questions about the trump organization. what does he know and how does that play to the jury? >> well, once he pleads guilty he loses the presumption of innocence and he uses for relevant ma

james, the attorney general has said, we have substantial evidence of financial wrongdoing. so don't forget there is a criminal case against the trump organization and the cfo, allan weisselberg trial date, yet. but weisselberg's former daughter-in-law is supposedly said to be a witness in that case which will establish a lot of the wrongdoing that happened. a crime by the cfo influences what will happen to the organization itself. then you add to that the civil case and donald trump should be very worried. very worried. >> here's what i find perplexing, the, about the children testifying. we've been showing images the entire time, we showed america, we showed don jr., and then there was eric trump. we know back in 2020, i believe, over 500 times invoked the fifth amendment when it came to testimony with attorney general letitia james. so what does this signal, now of the shift, right, of don jr. and ivanka providing testimony when in fact their brother pled the fifth? >> it is a little perplexing. there's no question about that. but that was a year ago, right? think of all of the things that we know today that we did not know a year ago. all the evidence that's out there, an