Reports: House Intel Committee To Call Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg To Testify

US President-elect Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on. - As US President Do... US President-elect Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on. - As US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered hours of riveting testimony to a US House committee on February 27, 2019, one name came up again and again: Allen Weisselberg. Weisselberg, 71, is the publicity-shy chief financial officer of the Trump Organization and one of the real estate tycoon's oldest and closest advisors. (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The House Intelligence Committee plans to call Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to testify, The Daily Beast, NBC News and Axios reported Thursday. The Daily Beast and Axios cited an unnamed Democratic aide in their reports, NBC News cited an unnamed person with direct knowledge of the situation.

During public testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen repeatedly cited Weisselberg as a key source information about the Trump Organization. Cohen testified in private before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

Weisselberg was reportedly granted immunity last summer by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York in exchange for information regarding the hush money payments Cohen made and coordinated, respectively, to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in exchange for their silence regarding alleged affairs with Donald Trump.

But NBC News reported Wednesday, citing three unnamed people “with direct knowledge of the matter,” that Weisselberg had only “provided limited details in the course of his testimony.”

The outlet continued: “A person close to the Trump Organization tells NBC News that Weisselberg is still with the Trump Organization and defends Trump and the company.”

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) separately indicated his interest in hearing from Weisselberg, as well.

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  1. Someone just threw some more logs on the fire.

  2. I love it! He can lie to them or plead the fifth over and over again. Either way it’s not good for the fat man.

  3. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    I think House Intel Committee investigations should become a regular weekly TV program. Will Gym Joran wear a coat this week??

    Tune in to find out :grin:

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