Prosecutors threatened to charge Trump Organization CFO's son, lawyers say

Before charging the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg with fraud and tax evasion last summer, Manhattan prosecutors threatened to have Weisselberg's son arrested as well, according to Weisselberg's attorneys.

Attorneys for the company and Weisselberg on Tuesday asked a judge to dismiss the Manhattan district attorney's criminal fraud and tax evasion charges against them. In a filing by Weisselberg's attorneys, they also claim the district attorney "threatened to prosecute Mr. Weisselberg's son as the consequence of Mr. Weisselberg's decision not to cooperate" with investigators.

"By threatening to prosecute Mr. Weisselberg's son Barry with prosecution, and by threatening to indict Mr. Weisselberg with other future 'new charges,' prosecutors crossed the fine and violated (Allen) Weisselberg's due process rights," they wrote.