Jennifer Weisselberg
Jennifer Weisselberg is a former ballet dancer and choreographer, best known for serving as a whistleblower against former President Donald Trump.[1]
In 2004 she married Barry Weisselberg, the son of Allen Weisselberg.[1] Her father-in-law Allen has been was Trump's Chief Financial Officer since 2000, with his office right beside Trump's.[2] Her husband also worked for Trump, managing all his ice-skating rinks in the NYC area.
When she married she and her husband moved into a desirable apartment in downtown Manhattan, that overlooked Central Park.[1] She was told it was a wedding gift, only to learn, later, that Trump's accounting showed the gift as a business expense - not a personal gift. If the apartment had been listed as a business expense, the Weisselberg's had an obligation to list it on their tax returns. Journalists speculated that District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. plans to use this impropriety as leverage to get Barry and Allen Weisselberg to agree to a plea deal where they testify against Trump.[3]
The Weisselbergs paid no rent for the apartment, but did pay approximately $400 per month in utilities.[4] Bloomberg News calculated that the Weisselbergs would have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of rent, if they had paid market rent during the years they lived there. The apartment was sold for almost $3 million dollars, in 2014. The appartment's current owners rent it out at $7,000 per month.
Weisselberg described the 2004 shiva, for her fiance's grandmother, where Trump showed men pictures of himself posing with naked models, on a yacht.[5] She said Trump made sexual advances on her, in front of her future father-in-law, even though he knew she was engaged.
On August 8, 2021 New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. used a subpoena to seize documents from Weisselberg's apartment related to her former father-in-law's work for Donald Trump.[6]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tom Winter; Adam Reiss; Rich Schapiro (2021-03-19). "Ex-wife of Trump Org executive has spoken to investigators 'multiple times'". NBC News. Archived from [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-wife-trump-org-executive-has-spoken-investigators-multiple-times-n1261459 https://news.yahoo.com/ex-wife-trump-org-executive-105822297.html the original] on 2021-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319141513/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-wife-trump-org-executive-has-spoken-investigators-multiple-times-n1261459. Retrieved 2021-03-19. "Jennifer Weisselberg said it appears investigators have been seeking information related to the role of Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer and the father of her ex-husband."
- ↑ Jamie Ross (2021-03-12). "Trump Org Ex-Wife: Trump Showed Nudes at Weisselberg’s Mom’s Shivah, but We Got a Free Apartment". Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2021-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319230115/https://www.thedailybeast.com/jennifer-weisselberg-trump-org-insiders-ex-wife-says-only-a-small-part-of-the-pay-was-reported?ref=scroll. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑ David A. Fahrenthold; Jonathan O'Connell; Shayna Jacobs; Tom Hamburger (2021-03-03). "In Trump probe, Manhattan district attorney puts pressure on his longtime chief financial officer". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210313034345/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/weisselberg-investigation-vance/2021/03/03/84a9f3d6-7c25-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html. Retrieved 2021-03-19. "This questioning is now led by a former mob prosecutor, and one person familiar with the investigation said it is aimed at “flipping” Weisselberg — attempting to turn one of Trump’s longest-serving and most important aides into a witness against him."
- ↑ Caleb Melby (2020-11-02). "Trump Perks for Weisselbergs Included Free Rent, Tax Preparer". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210316231114/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-02/trump-perks-for-weisselbergs-included-free-rent-tax-preparer. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑ "Trump reportedly showed mourners pictures of naked women at a shiva for friend's mother". i24news. 2021-03-13. Archived from the original on 2021-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319222511/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/1615629786-trump-reportedly-showed-mourners-pictures-of-naked-women-during-a-shiva. Retrieved 2021-03-19. "Former US President Donald Trump reportedly showed off pictures of naked women posing with him on a yacht while attending the shiva of an associate's mother, according to New Yorker magazine."
- ↑ Shayna Jacobs,; David A. Fahrenthold; Jonathan O'Connell (2021-04-08). "Manhattan district attorney seizes evidence from Trump executive’s former daughter-in-law". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409023520if_/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/allen-weisselberg-jennifer-weisselberg-trump-investigation/2021/04/08/53e2cd62-97ec-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html. Retrieved 2021-04-10. "The subpoena, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, ordered Jennifer Weisselberg to produce all of the records she possesses for her ex-husband’s bank accounts and credit cards plus his statements of net worth and tax filings. Barry Weisselberg is a Trump Organization employee and manages an ice rink for the company in Manhattan’s Central Park. The subpoena asks specifically for records related to the Trump Organization and Wollman Rink."
- ↑ Lawrence O'Donnell (2021-04-08). "Transcript: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, 4/8/21". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409212130if_/https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-last-word-lawrence-o-donnell-4-8-21-n1263604. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "The Washington Post is reporting today that the former daughter-in-law of Trump accountant Allen Weisselberg has handed over important documents subpoenaed by the Manhattan grand jury. Jennifer Weisselberg told 'The Washington Post' in an interview, 'My knowledge of the documents and my voice connect the flow of money from various banks and from personal finances that bleed directly into the Trump Organization.'"
- ↑ Brian Williams (2021-04-08). "Transcript: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, 4/8/21". MSNBC. Archived from [Transcript: The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, 4/8/21 the original] on 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409212203/https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-11th-hour-brian-williams-4-8-21-n1263606. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Cynthia, let me ask you about a story that was published in The Washington Post tonight that says that the ex-daughter in law of former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg, a woman named Jennifer Weisselberg has turned over more documents to the Manhattan DA`s office. The story says the subpoena a copy of which was obtained by the Washington Post ordered Jennifer Weisselberg to produce all of the records she possesses for her ex-husband`s bank accounts and credit cards plus his statements of net worth and tax filings."
- ↑ "Manhattan DA Seizes Financial Records from Trump Exec’s Former Daughter-in-Law". The Crime Report. 2021-04-09. Archived from the original on 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409212929/https://thecrimereport.org/2021/04/09/manhattan-da-seizes-financial-records-from-trump-execs-former-daughter-in-law/. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, acting on a grand jury subpoena, took possession of financial records Thursday morning from the apartment of Jennifer Weisselberg, the former daughter-in-law of a top Trump Organization officer, reports the Washington Post. Jennifer Weisselberg was married to the son of Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg from 2004-2018. She handed over three boxes and a laptop containing financial records from both her ex-husband and his father to representatives of the District Attorney’s office in cooperation with the ongoing criminal probe into former President Donald Trump’s financial dealings in which Allen Weisselberg, the company’s highest-ranking corporate officer who is not a member of the Trump family, has become a key focus."
- ↑ "Manhattan prosecutors seize evidence related to Trump CFO’s son". Crain's New York. 2021-04-09. Archived from the original on 2021-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409214625/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/manhattan-prosecutors-seize-evidence-related-trump-cfos-son. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Jennifer Weisselberg’s ex-husband, Barry Weisselberg, used to run an ice skating rink and carousel in Central Park, which the Trump Organization managed on behalf of New York City. Bloomberg News reported in November that the Trump Organization provided the couple with a rent-free apartment for most of their marriage."
