Isolwa ngokukhwabanisa nokugwema intela ekaTrump
Inkampani kaloyo owayenguMengameli wase-USA uDonald Trump ebizwa ngegama lakhe kanye nomphathi wezezimali osenesikhathi eside uliphikile icala ngoLwesine kulokho umshushisi waseNew York akubize ngenkohliso “eshanela futhi enesibindi”, evela ophenyweni ngebhizinisi lowayenguMengameli wase-USA nemikhuba yalo.
Icala elibhekene neTrump Organisation kanye nomphathi walo omkhulu wezezimali u-Allen Weisselberg ngelokuqala ophenyweni lweminyaka emithathu olwenziwe nguMmeli Wesifunda saseManhattan uCyrus Vance, owajoyina uMmeli Jikelele waseNew York uLetitia James ngoNhlaba.
Kungabukela phansi ubudlelwano beTrump Organisation namabhange kanye nabalingani bebhizinisi, futhi kube nzima ngekusasa lezepolitiki likaTrump njengoba iqembu lamaRepublican liqala kabusha ukukhuluma ngemibuthano kanye nokuqamba umjaho wesobumengameli wezi-2024 White House.
UTrump ngokwakhe akakabekwa cala, futhi wavuselela isimangalo sakhe sokuthi uphenyo “laliwuzungu “ lwezepolitiki. UVance noJames bangaphansi kweqembu lamaDemocrat. Abashushisi basola iTrump Organisation no-Weisselberg ngokuthi kusukela ngowezi-2005 bakhwabanisa iziphathimandla zentela ngokunikeza imihlomulo “okungekho emabhukwini” kubaphathi benkampani.
UWeisselberg, oneminyaka engama-73, ubekwe icala lokufihla imali eyisigidi esoso-$1.76 okubandakanya ukuqasha ifulethi laseManhattan, ukukhokhela izimoto ezimbili zakwaMercedes-Benz nokufundisa amalungu omndeni, kanti uTrump usayine amasheke okufunda yena. Abashushisi bathe lokhu kwenza ukuthi uWisselberg, osebenzele uTrump iminyaka ecishe ibe ngama-48, agweme cishe intela eyizi-$900 000 zentela futhi aqoqe imali eyizi-$133 000 eziyimbuyiselo ayengayifanele. “Ukusho ngokusobala, lolu kwakuwuhlelo olukhokhelwayo lokukhokha ngokungemthetho,” kusho uMsizi Wommeli Wesifunda uCarey Dunne ngesikhathi kuboshwa abamangalelwa eManhattan Criminal Court. “Lokhu akuyona inkambiso ejwayelekile kosomabhizinisi, futhi bekungeyona isenzo somuntu onesihluku noma osebenza yedwa.”
Leli cala libeke abamangalelwa amacala okukhwabanisa, ukukhwabanisa intela nokukhohlisa amarekhodi ebhizinisi. UWeisselberg uphinde wathweswa icala lokukhwabanisa impahla, ephethe iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu ejele. ITrump Organisation ingabhekana nezinhlawulo nezinye izinhlawulo uma ingalahlwa yicala. “Uma izinsolo ezikuleli cala ziyiqiniso, lokhu bekungukubalekela ukukhokha intela,” kusho uDaniel Hemel, onguSolwazi wezomthetho e-University of Chicago. “Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi lokhu bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwalowo obephezulu engazi.”