Trump Organization swapped out jailed CFO Allen Weisselberg’s lawyer fearing he would protect his interests over Donald Trump’s, sources say

NEW YORK — The Trump Organization swapped out the lawyer for its jailed septuagenarian finance chief Allen Weisselberg because it was scared he would protect his interests over Donald Trump’s, sources told the New York Daily News on Thursday. Weisselberg, currently serving a five-month jail sentence on Rikers Island for tax fraud while head of the Trump Organization’s coffers, is no longer represented by Nicholas Gravante, a New York City defense lawyer Trump’s company was paying to defend him, two sources told the Daily News. After sentencing, prosecutors at the Manhattan DA’s office, who hav...