Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Immunity for Trump CFO Is a Potential Game-Changer

Prosecutors know that Allen Weisselberg is privy to the Trump Organization’s most sensitive information.

August 24, 2018 at 5:43 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Key to the kingdom.
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Allen Weisselberg is an unassuming, soft-spoken guy who has spent decades avoiding the limelight, first in the 1970s as an accountant for President Donald Trump’s father, Fred, and then as the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer.

Those days are over.