The Trump Organization s Chief Financial Officer Said He Will Plead Not Guilty And Fight Criminal Charges After Arriving At A Manhattan Court Where He Is Expected To Be Indicted Later On Thursday

The Trump Organization's chief financial officer said he will plead not guilty and fight criminal charges after arriving at a Manhattan court where he is expected to be indicted later on Thursday.
Allen Weisselberg, 73, surrendered to authorities on Thursday morning as part of a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump's company avoid paying taxes on employee perks such as corporate cars, Opening what to give apartments and cash bonuses. 
'Mr. Weisselberg intends to plead not guilty and he will fight these charges in court,' said his lawyers in a statement before his first court appearance at 2.15pm.
Trump Organization lawyers also slammed the indictment and said Weisselberg was being used as a 'pawn' in a 'scorched-earth attempt to harm the former president'.  
The case against Weisselberg - who has worked Gifts for customers on opening day the Trump family since 1973 - could give New York prosecutors an opening to pressure a key Trump Organization figure into cooperating and offering evidence about the former president's financial dealings.
But so far Trump has shrugged off the threat and Weisselberg is not believed to have flipped on his boss. 
Th's father Fred in 1973, walked into the Lower Manhattan building to the DA's office at about 6.20am, according to The New York Times.   
He walked into a side door of a court room and will appear before a judge this afternoon along with other Trump Organization representatives.
The charges are expected to focus on whether Weisselberg and other executives received perks such as rent-free apartments and leased cars without reporting them properly on their tax returns, people familiar with the probe have said.