The Manhattan district attorney defended his right to prosecute his tax-larceny case against the Trump Organization and its ex-CFO.
The new filing challenges the defense's claim that the IRS can't be prosecuted for alleged theft because they are state-level prosecutors.
According to the indictment, Trump's business and his CFO stole from the IRS by padding company executives' pay with income-tax-free perks and fringe benefits.
The jury will need to find that Weisselberg wrongly obtained over $50,000 from the IRS because of his lies in order to convict him.
The filing says that the jury doesn't need to determine Weisselberg's tax liability or the amount that he wrongly claimed in refunds.
A guilty verdict would not obligate Weisselberg to make a payment to the IRS, according to the filing.
The former president's business is being targeted because of the Democratic district's political bias, according to defense claims.
"Defendants continue to fail to point to a single similarly situated corporate or individual that has been treated differently by this Office or to advance any argument supporting that Defendants were impermissibly selected for prosecution."
The case is nearing a possible September trial; the parties are scheduled to be in court in Manhattan on July 12 to discuss pre- trial matters.
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