BREAKING: Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Politico has more fascinating fallout from the Cohen plea and sentencing:

They are investigating the Trump Organization and have granted immunity to cooperator Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, as well as David Pecker, who runs the company that owns the National Enquirer and was fingered in the charges against Cohen. That indicates prosecutors are pursuing additional charges.

The ultimate target of the New York federal criminal investigation may be the Trump Organization official dubbed “Executive-2” in the charges against Cohen. In paragraph 38 of the Cohen charges, Executive-1 (reportedly Weisselberg) sought approval for payments to Cohen from Executive-2, and then told another employee to “pay from the Trust.”

Who would the chief financial officer need approval from? If it was for a payment from Trump’s own trust, Executive-2 could be Donald Trump Jr. (Trustee) or Eric Trump (Chairman of the trust’s advisory board). Because the payments described in the charges against Cohen involved false statements in the books and records of the Trump Organization, other crimes—including state crimes—could be implicated, and Cohen’s attorney told Judge Pauley that Cohen is cooperating with the New York Attorney General.

An indictment of Executive-2 could potentially include Trump as an “unindicted co-conspirator,”