From now on, the criminal convictions will place an indelible asterisk next to the Trump business name.
With serious criminal investigations underway against Trump in Washington, Atlanta and New York, the convictions remind us of the sharpest arrow in a prosecutor’s quiver: flipping the target’s lieutenants.
Loyal to the end, Weisselberg never fingered Trump personally at trial and even cooperated with defense lawyers by forswearing Trump’s involvement in the fraud.
Before joining the top tier at DOJ, Colangelo led New York Attorney General Letitia James’ inquiry into Trump.
By thrusting himself into the national spotlight, there is no way that his misconduct wouldn’t catch stellar prosecutors’ careful attention.