Meet Mary Mulligan, lawyer for indicted Trump financial chief (updated)

Crown Equity Holdings

01/07/2021 20:43

* Mulligan represents Trump company executive Allen
Weisselberg
    * High-profile former clients include ex-FIFA executive
Chuck
Blazer

 (Updates to reflect charges made public)
    By Caroline Spiezio
    July 1 (Reuters) - The indictment of a top official at
former U.S. President Donald Trump's company marks a critical
shift from probe to prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney
Cyrus Vance Jr.
    New York lawyer Mary Mulligan could play a key role in what
happens next.
    Mulligan, a former federal prosecutor turned criminal
defense attorney, is representing Allen Weisselberg https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-organization-cfo-expected-be-charged-thursday-wsj-2021-06-30,
 the Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer.
After a nearly three-year investigation, Vance's office unsealed
tax charges against Weisselberg on Thursday. 
    Weisselberg was charged in the 15-count indictment with
avoiding taxes on $1.7 million of income and pleaded not guilty
to second-degree larceny and other charges. 
    Mulligan, who declined to comment on her multi-year
representation of Weisselberg, is no stranger to high-profile
assignments. 
    She previously defended an ex-Lehman Brothers broker https://www.reuters.com/article/insidertrading-devlin/broker-who-stole-business-secrets-from-wife-avoids-prison-idINDEE82M0OX20120323
 who stole corporate secrets from his executive wife and shared
them with friends, and a South African pilot who was arrested
alongside https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-bout/accomplice-to-arms-dealer-bout-handed-five-year-prison-term-idUSBRE84M1KV20120523
 Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in an undercover sting by U.S.
agents posing as Colombian guerrillas looking to buy weapons. 
    She also represented Chuck Blazer https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-blazer/banned-former-fifa-executive-chuck-blazer-dies-idUSKBN19Y08J,
 the former FIFA executive committee member who pleaded guilty
to racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering for accepting
bribes in the bidding process for the 1998 World Cup in France
and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
    Mulligan was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern
District of New York from 1997 to 2002. In that role, she
investigated and prosecuted fraud, corruption and financial
crimes cases, according to her LinkedIn profile. 
    She joined law firm Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman in
2006, after a stint in-house at Universal Music Group. Her
practice includes defending clients against allegations of money
laundering, insider trading, corruption, campaign violations and
various types of fraud.
    Weisselberg is a close Trump confidant, making his
cooperation potentially crucial to any future case against Trump
himself.
    Trump, a Republican, released a statement on Thursday
calling the prosecution a "witch hunt."

 (Reporting by Caroline Spiezio; Editing by David Bario, Daniel
Wallis and Noeleen Walder)
 ((Caroline.Spiezio@thomsonreuters.com; 332-223-9317;))