Trump executive Weisselberg to plead guilty in tax fraud scheme

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A longtime senior executive at former President Donald Trump's family business is expected to plead guilty on Thursday to conspiring with the company in a 15-year tax fraud. Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer at the Trump Organization, is expected to enter his plea before Justice Juan Merchan in a New York state court in Manhattan. He is not expected to cooperate with Manhattan prosecutors, including in a larger probe of Trump himself, though he could be required to testify against the Trump Organization at trial, a person familiar with the matter said. (Weisselberg was probably a law abiding citizen until after he was hired my Trump.)