Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify

NEW YORK - A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall.

Allen Weisselberg, a senior Trump Organization adviser and formerly the company's longtime chief financial officer, pleaded guilty to all 15 of the charges he faced in the case.

In a low, somewhat hoarse voice, Weisselberg admitted taking in over $1.7 million worth of untaxed extras - including school tuition for his grandchildren, free rent for a Manhattan apartment and lease payments for a luxury car - and explicitly keeping some of the plums off the books.

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