It's a matter of time.
Allen Weisselberg, a longtime business associate of
Donald Trump, joined a growing list of the former president's allies who have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes since the New York real estate mogul and reality television star entered politics.
Weisselberg, 75,
the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, reached a deal with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, pleading guilty on Thursday to 15 felonies. He admitted to failing to pay taxes on some $1.7 million in income and is expected to face five months in prison as well as five years of probation.
July 6 2016
Hundreds of workers and contractors have accused
Donald Trump of not paying his bills over the years, according to an investigation by
USA Today.
The report found hundreds of liens, judgments and at least 60 lawsuits against Trump and his businesses alleging that he has not fully paid workers for their labor and in some instances refused to pay commissions for his own lawyers and real estate brokers.
Since 2005, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s businesses have also racked up 24 violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act for not paying employees minimum wage or overtime pay.
The report found a tendency for Trump’s businesses to engage in lengthy legal battles over relatively small dollar figures, often making settlements that require confidentiality from the plaintiffs.