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The New York Times is reporting that former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg could be charged as soon as this summer.
The news implies that Weisselberg isn't cooperating with the district attorney's office yet. It was thought that Wisselberg would quickly make a plea deal with DA Cy Vance to save himself legally. Weisselberg would be the first indictment in this case.
"In recent weeks, a grand jury has been hearing evidence about Mr. Weisselberg, who is facing intense scrutiny from prosecutors as they seek his cooperation with a broader investigation into Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization, the people with knowledge of the matter said," reported the Times. "The prosecutors have obtained Mr. Weisselberg's personal tax returns, the people said, providing the fullest picture yet of his finances."
Wisselberg's ex-daughter-in-law has been cooperating with the DA office handing over evidence that she has.
"The investigation into Mr. Weisselberg focuses partly on whether he failed to pay taxes on valuable benefits that Mr. Trump provided him and his family over the years, including apartments and leased cars as well as tens of thousands of dollars in private school tuition for at least one of his grandchildren," said the report. "In general, those types of benefits are taxable, although there are some exceptions, and the rules can be murky."
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The Independent noted one particular revelation from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) latest attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci — she refuses to admit whether or not she's been vaccinated against the COVID-19 vaccine.
Greene has spent the better part of the past year spreading conspiracy theories. After emails were released showing Fauci didn't have anything incriminating, she spread suspicion, deciding to call for his firing anyway. But in part of that effort, Greene was asked if she had gotten the vaccine to protect herself against the virus.
"I stand with the Americans that want their privacy, and HIPAA gives us rights to privacy," she said.
"She is a perfectly healthy woman and doesn't see a reason to do so," said Greene's spokesperson Nick Dyer to the Savannah Morning News in March.
But now it's unclear if Greene secretly got the vaccine while telling others that they shouldn't.
As the Independent reported, she falsely claimed HIPPA laws protect her from being asked that question. HIPPA laws are about patient medical records being protected and not being disclosed without their knowledge. Anyone can ask Greene any question about her health.
"'Vax records, along with ALL medical records are private due to HIPPA rights,' Ms. Greene tweeted, both misspelling and misunderstanding the law,'" the Independent reported.
Greene has ranted that all vaccines should stop. She told Steve Bannon last month, "We need to care about the real issues that matter. We need to stop the masks, stop the vaccines and stop Covid-19 from controlling our lives."
Greene also apologized for her previous comments that getting the vaccine was like the Holocaust.
"We can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and ... they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany," she said. "This is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about."
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Trump is making people believe 'insane things' — and it's driving them to violence: Ex-prosecutor Preet Bharara
June 15, 2021
On CNN Tuesday, after new reporting on the DOJ's reaction to former President Donald Trump's demands to investigate his voter fraud conspiracy theories, former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara outlined the real harm done by the former president's behavior.
"You know, as you say, it is incredible to see how top Department of Justice officials reacted, calling it 'pure insanity,'" reported anchor Wolf Blitzer. "But the former president and his supporters have embraced this insanity. How dangerous is that?"
"I think there's a tendency on the part of some folks to not think it is that dangerous because the former president left office," said Bharara. "There's great concern, would he leave peacefully, allow Joe Biden to take office. It is still incredibly dangerous because people that believe insane things can perpetuate fraud on other folks. People believe insane things, the big lie, in particular, engage in insurrections like Jan. 6th, that could happen again. Continued perpetuation of the big lie fueled by other bigger lies, including insane stories about Italian satellites changing votes in the United States of America, for which there's no evidence that any reasonable person would not believe there's evidence in favor of, that causes people to engage in anti-democratic behavior."
"It is incredibly dangerous going forward because they're perpetuating it still," added Bharara.
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