Criminal case against Trump Organization and ex-CFO Weisselberg can proceed, judge rules

A New York judge set an Oct. 24 trial date for the criminal case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.

A New York judge on Friday set an Oct. 24 trial date for the criminal case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, capping off an especially tumultuous week for former President Donald Trump.

Acting Justice Juan Merchan also denied a bid by the real estate company and Weisselberg to dismiss the charges against them, which they had argued were politically motivated. The judge ruled at a hearing in Lower Manhattan that the evidence presented to the grand jury “was legally sufficient to support the charges in the indictment,” and that those proceedings were properly conducted and their “integrity unimpaired.”

2021: Indicted Trump CFO removed from top roles at organization's subsidiariesJuly 13, 202103:50The judge did, however, dismiss one count against the company on statute of limitations grounds.

The Trump Organization and former longtime CFO Weisselberg were charged last year in what prosecutors said was a sweeping, 15-year scheme to compensate top executives of former Trump’s company “off the books” and help them avoid paying taxes.

The Trump Organization pleaded not guilty to charges that included tax fraud and falsifying business records, while Weisselberg, 74, pleaded not guilty to grand larceny and tax fraud charges, among others, after prosecutors accused him of personally avoiding taxes on $1.7 million of his income.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/criminal-case-trump-organization-ex-cfo-weisselberg-can-proceed-judge-rcna42851


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