New York — Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors as part of their investigation into hush-money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The immunity deal, confirmed by officials familiar with the case, allowed Weisselberg to provide information about the company’s role in the financial transactions orchestrated by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Those payments were allegedly made to silence individuals claiming affairs with Donald Trump before the election.
Weisselberg, who has managed the Trump family’s finances for decades, was considered one of the most knowledgeable figures about the company’s internal operations. His cooperation gave prosecutors insight into how reimbursements to Cohen were recorded and classified within the Trump Organization’s books.
While Weisselberg was not charged with a crime, his immunity agreement required full disclosure of his knowledge of the payments and related financial records. Legal analysts said the move indicated that prosecutors viewed him as a critical witness rather than a target.
The development added pressure to Trump’s legal and political situation at the time, as it came shortly after Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations and other charges. Together, the two cases underscored how deeply the investigation had reached into Trump’s inner business circle.
Weisselberg’s cooperation marked a turning point in the probe, signaling that prosecutors were intent on tracing the flow of money within the Trump Organization — and determining whether the company or its executives knowingly broke campaign finance law.
