'SWEET FANCY MOSES'! Look who just got immunity in the Michael Cohen investigation (Hint: This is 'YUGE')

Sarah D | 11:00 AM on August 24, 2018

Looks like David Pecker won’t be flipping all by himself:

DOW JONES: *Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Granted Immunity by U.S. Prosecutors in Cohen Investigation — Sources

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) August 24, 2018

NEWS: Allen Weisselberg, Trump's longtime financial gatekeeper and the CFO of the Trump Organization, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors in New York for providing information about Michael Cohen in the criminal investigation. w/@nicole_hong https://t.co/sOEjM8G62n

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) August 24, 2018

More from the Wall Street Journal:

Allen Weisselberg, President Trump’s longtime financial gatekeeper, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors for providing information about Michael Cohen in the criminal investigation into hush-money payments for two women during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

Mr. Weisselberg was called to testify before a federal grand jury in the investigation earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal previously reported, citing people familiar with the investigation.

The decision by prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office to grant immunity to Mr. Weisselberg escalates the pressure on Mr. Trump, whom Mr. Weisselberg has served for decades as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. After Mr. Trump was elected, he handed control of his financial assets and business interests to his two adult sons and Mr. Weisselberg.

Mr. Weisselberg didn’t respond to a request for comment. A lawyer for Mr. Trump, who on Thursday said so-called flipping “almost ought to be illegal,” declined to comment.