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Longtime Trump Organization CFO expected to plead guilty to tax charges, say sources

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The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to tax charges as soon as this week, sources familiar with the matter .
Weisselberg, 75, is currently scheduled to go on trial in the fall, but a hearing in the case is now scheduled for this Thursday, in what could be a sign that he could change his plea then.
An attorney for Weisselberg declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.
Weisselberg, along with former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate firm, was charged last year with tax fraud after they were accused of compensating employees “off the books” in order to pay less in taxes.

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