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"This is, in effect, a chance for the attorney general to learn what the governor has to say, he may give answers that are ambiguous, he may suggest that he doesn't have a recollection of something," says �鶹ֱ�� law professor Bennett Gershman. Saturday's deposition is under oath. "If he lies, he can be charged with perjury," Gershman says.

The Thursday indictment is Vance's “crowning achievement,” said Bennett Gershman, a law professor at �鶹ֱ�� in White Plains, New York.

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It's Vance's “crowning achievement,” said Bennett Gershman, a law professor at �鶹ֱ�� in White Plains, New York. “The case involves a huge ...

Starting small is standard practice for such a sweeping investigation, according to Bennett Gershman, a �鶹ֱ�� law professor and former Manhattan prosecutor. "There are early indictments, then superseding indictments, then added charges," he told Law360. "This is a high-stakes investigation. It's the biggest case of the century. You take it step by step."

"This is a preliminary charging document, as I see it," Gershman said. "You've got an ironclad case against Weisselberg, an ironclad case against the Trump Org, and they want to make that very clear right out front."

“He’s in big trouble.” That’s how �鶹ֱ�� law Professor Bennett Gershman describes the legal jeopardy Weisselberg, a 73 year old father and grandfather, now fines himself in. “Yeah he cheated on 1.7 million dollars of taxes, that's tax fraud, that's grand larceny” said Gershman.

"You’re talking about something that is totally unique in American history. People are talking about what’s common, what's usual. Throw that out the window," said Bennett Gershman, a law professor at �鶹ֱ�� who previously spent six years as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, referring to the unprecedented nature of investigating a former president and his business.

Bennett Gershman, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for six years and now a law professor at �鶹ֱ��, said it's not typical to bring a prosecution for allegedly neglecting to pay taxes on corporate benefits and perks, but said the investigation is unique.