Article snippet: A grim seven days for MORE and his allies was capped on Friday by news that Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, had been granted immunity by prosecutors. The immunity deal is said to involve only Weisselberg’s testimony against the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. But supporters of the president worry about the potential ramifications of even a relatively narrow deal — and fear major consequences if Weisselberg were to be persuaded to talk more broadly. “It’s hard to see how you could minimize it,” said one GOP strategist close to the White House. “He was the brains of the operation.” Another source familiar with Trump’s business operations sounded even more worried: “Weisselberg’s detailed knowledge of every financial transaction of the Trump Organization has to be a nightmare for everyone involved,” the source said. Weisselberg has worked for the Trump family for more than four decades, having begun as an employee of the president’s father, the late Fred Trump, in the 1970s. His role expanded greatly, growing to encompass some management of the president’s personal finances as well as knowledge of countless business deals. The news of Weisselberg’s immunity deal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Since last weekend, Trump’s troubles have piled up. Cohen has pleaded guilty to several offenses and directly implicated the president in a criminal breach of campaign finance law. Trump’s former campaign chair... Link to the full article to read more