The family of a lawyer connected to former President Donald Trump was shocked and saddened late last week when he died “unexpectedly” at the age of 48.
New York defense lawyer and Pace University professor John Meringolo passed away Nov. 16, reports said. He had requested to represent the Trump Organization and Trump Payroll Corp. two months earlier at the last moment.
According to The Western Journal , “Meringolo told the judge in another case — the retrial of alleged ‘We Build the Wall’ scammer Timothy Shea, who stands accused of defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars — that he had been retained by the Trump family to defend its companies after CFO Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty in a deal that required him to testify in the case.”
“I have been retained to represent the Trump Payroll Corporation in its criminal trial scheduled to begin on the very same date […]
Excerpt Sourced From: conservativebrief.com