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Donald J Trump May Have Escaped, but His Brand Is Permanently Damaged
The future looks bleak
The multi-year wait for the indictment of the Trump Organization came to a screeching halt last week as Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. brought 10 counts of felony charges against the Trump Organization and 15 counts of felony charges against Chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.
The indictment evoked a wide range of responses — some predicted “that the indictment was part of a methodical process to build a broader case that could very well involve charges against Trump directly,” while some argued, “Trump will remain a wealthy man regardless of whether his company is convicted of any of the charges.”
Andrew Weissmann, a former deputy to special counsel Robert Mueller, tweeted, “Prediction: the charges brought today in Manhattan are the tip of the iceberg. Note DA request for a protective order to keep discovery close to the vest while investigation continues”.
The case may escalate from where it is now, and it is also possible that we reached as close as we could get to the top of the Trump Organization.
