BREAKING: Allen Weisselberg is no longer being represented by Trump's attorneys, per NBC. This points to the possibility that Weisselberg has cut a deal with the Manhattan DA and is cooperating against Trump. Which would explain everything we're seeing in Manhattan right now.
Weisselberg is currently sitting behind bars. It's a short prison sentence but he is an elderly man. And it's possible the DA threatened to bring broader charges against him, with additional prison time, to motivate him to flip.
If Weisselberg has flipped on Trump, it would explain why the DA didn't meet with the grand jury and indict Trump today. Weisselberg would need to be prepped to testify, which takes time.
In addition, Weisselberg wouldn't just be a witness in Trump's campaign fraud case. It would open the door for the DA to charge Trump with tax fraud, insurance fraud, the whole boat. So the DA could be expanding his case with Weisselberg on board.
Those are a lot of ifs. We don't know what's going on behind the scenes. But Trump has been paying Weisselberg's legal bills for good reason. Weisselberg can single handedly put him in prison. Trump wouldn't take the risk of deciding to just stop paying Weisselberg's legal bills.
There *has* to be a major development behind the scenes that caused this. There are always other plausible explanations for this kind of thing. But Weisselberg flipping on Trump would seem to be the most likely. And this isn't happening for *no* reason. Something happened.
Moreover, the media doesn't learn about these things unless someone leaks them. Someone involved with this case has, for some specific reason, *decided* to let the media know today that Trump is no longer paying Weisselberg's legal bills.
Weisselberg wouldn't put this information out there. Trump seemingly wouldn't put it out there. That would logically leave Bragg. And if this came from him, it's because he wants everyone to know that his case isn't "dead," it's the opposite of dead.
@PalmerReport I’ll bet you anything when Trump announced that he would be arrested, that’s when Alan Weisselberg informed Trump that he wants his own lawyers. @Messi27632373
@PalmerReport And it ain’t the DA’s office leaking.
@PalmerReport I saw a report a week ago alleging that Weisselberg’s estranged former daughter-in-law (a witness, BTW) was saying the DA had something “much bigger” going on. This—if true—would appear to be the “much bigger” to which she was alluding.
@PalmerReport You may be correct, but it is also possible that the media learned of the lawyer switch from an active docket if new lawyers filed a notice of appearance, or prior lawyers filed a motion to withdraw iff W’berg remains a party to any pending proceedings.