Eric and Don Jr. have previously suggested that people dodge taxes all the time and that the scheme the Trump Organization has been accused of running is not a big deal.
in the illegal activity, and continued on Thursday, when he implicated the ex-president’s two eldest sons too.Donald Trump Jr.
would sign checks for as much as $100,000 to pay for his grandchildren’s private school tuition. While that might sound like a kind and generous gesture—look at these Trumps, wanting the best education possible for the grandchildren of their employees!—the tuition checks were just one of the many off-the-books fringe benefits Weisselberg has said he received from the Trump Organization that were not recorded as income, thus allowing both him and the company to avoid paying taxes.
Weisselberg said Thursday that the first time Trump cut him a tuition check, the CFO told his boss, “Don’t forget, I’m going to pay you back for this.” How did Weisselberg pay Trump back? According to the longtime executive, the ex-president would deduct the cost of these various payments from his salary. That way it was a—very illegal—win-win: Weisselberg wouldn’t have to pay income tax on the perks, and the company had less to pay in taxes too.
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