Trump Investigation: Is Ivanka The Next To Get Indicted By The Manhattan DA?
After the recent tax-related charges against Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg by the Manhattan District Attorney, questions surround potential future indictments of key company figures and whether they will turn on former President Donald Trump.
Among the notable figures is Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump.
The indictment said other executives, like Ivanka, may have benefited from the same schemes. Former Brooklyn assistant director attorney Cynthia Alksne said Monday that the indictment indicated Ivanka could be next to face charges.
"We’ve heard a lot of this reporting about Ivanka Trump getting consulting fees -- 'consulting fees' for things she may or may not have done," said Alksne on MSNBC. "That looks to me like the next place, but we’ll just have to see."
The question remains whether she will be as loyal as Weisselberg, who has been with the company for nearly 50 years.
On Monday, Mary Trump, the former president’s estranged niece, said Donald Trump should not expect the same loyalty from Ivanka.
“She’s much less likely to stay loyal than Allen Weisselberg,” Mary Trump said in an episode of “The New Abnormal” podcast.
Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi echoed Mary Trump's comments.
"If any of the Trump kids are going to turn on their dad, my money is squarely on Ivanka," said Mahdawi.
According to a New York Times investigation, Ivanka was paid over $700,000 in consulting fees while also earning a salary as a full-time employee of the Trump Organization. Like Weisselberg, she could be facing similar charges of conspiracy, grand larceny, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.
Mary Trump also told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow that she believes Donald Trump’s other adult children will also not think twice before sacrificing their father to save themselves.
“His relationship with them, and their relationship with him, is entirely transactional and conditional,” Mary Trump said. “They’re not going to risk anything for him, just as he wouldn’t risk anything for them."
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