Former Trump "Mr. Account Room" becomes a "stain witness"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 20th. Former US President Donald Trump's family company, the former chief financial officer, Alan Weiser Berg, reached a confession agreement with the procuratorial department on the 18th to agree to be the Trump Group's tax fraud case "Tainted Witness".

The trial is expected to start on the eve of the mid -term elections of the parliament. Trump Group claimed that Weiser Berg was "persecuted" by prosecutors, and prosecutors investigated for "political motivation".

Confession agreement

The 75 -year -old Wedel Berg has been in the Trump family for nearly half a century. It is regarded as one of Trump's most loyal assistants in business. After being sued by the New York prosecutor in July last year, he was transferred to senior consultant from the chief financial officer of Trump Group. On the 18th, he acknowledged all 15 allegations such as tax fraud and forgery of commercial records in the state court in Manhattan, New York City.

On July 27, 2018, the police were alert at the Trump Building on the Fifth Avenue of New York, USA. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Muzi

Wessel Berg is the only individual to be criminally charged by Trump Group's tax fraud case. Prosecutors accused the Trump Group with benefits to senior managers such as Weiser Berg in 15 years in 2005, but in order to evade taxes, related funds did not account for accounts.

The lawyer of Weiser Berg said that the reason why Wessel Berg pleaded guilty is to "the case with this case, the lawsuit and individual who brought him and his family for many years."

According to the guilty agreement reached by Weiser Berg and New York State Prosecutor, when the court opened a trial of Trump Group's tax fraud in October this year, Weiserbernes had to testify as a prosecutor's witness. After the case was pronounced, Weiser Berg would serve in the Prison in Lake Island, New York City for 5 months. If it performs well, it can be released from prison for more than 3 months. In addition to 5 years of supervision.

The judge who approved the confession agreement said that if Weiserbage refused or did not comply with the confession agreement, he might be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Alvin Prague, prosecutor of Manhattan, New York, said that Weiser Berg was full of self -employment in the use of positions and pleaded guilty. "Very precious testimony."

"Political motivation"

The Trump Group issued a statement saying that Weiser Berg was a "respectable good person" and has been suffering from "law enforcement, especially the prosecutors of Manhattan region harassment, persecution, and threats." To "win Trump".

The statement claimed that the Trump Group was not guilty, and the prosecutor had tried to pressure Weiser Berg to slander Trump, and at the expense of common treatment such as enterprises with executives with special cars into a criminal case.

On September 12, 2016, in Washington, the capital of the United States, two media reporters stood next to the sign of the Trump International Hotel. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

Reuters reports that the confession and testimony of Weiser Berg may be conducive to prosecutors and weaken the Trump Group's defense. If the crime is established, the high -end real estate developer will face fines and other punishment, and business behavior will be bound.

The selection of jurors is scheduled to start on October 24. The mid -term election is scheduled to vote on November 8. The Associated Press said that after the trial starts, it may be exposed to more business operations in Trump Group, but Trump's supporters may not care.

Trump was not accused of this case. He believed that the Democratic Party had made a whole case with political harm to him. He faces a number of investigations under the moment, but Reuters expects that if New York State prosecutors conduct a larger scope of investigation against Trump himself, Weiser Berg may not continue to cooperate.

In addition to the tax evasion case, the New York State Attorney General Litisia James is investigating whether the Trump Group has falsely reported asset value on the financial statements in order to obtain loans and taxes. The evidence discovered by the survey allowed prosecutors to sue Weiser Berg.

The former Manhattan prosecutor Selles Wans, the former Manhattan region of Trump Group's tax fraud case, was Democratic. (Hu Ruoyu)

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