THE TIGHTENING NOOSE:

"The Manhattan district attorney's office has informed Donald J. Trump's lawyers that it is considering criminal charges against his family business, the Trump Organization, in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded a top executive, according to several people with knowledge of the matter," The New York Times reported Friday. "The prosecutors had been building a case for months against the executive, Allen H. Weisselberg, as part of an effort to pressure him to cooperate with a broader inquiry into Mr. Trump's business dealings. But it was not previously known that the Trump Organization also might face charges."

Goldman explained the significance of the reporting during a Friday appearance on MSNBC.

"It's interesting to me -- and it doesn't seem to be coming from the Manhattan DA's office -- but it's interesting and not surprising they would approach the Trump Organization to tell them that they're considering to charge them, because that would be almost a death blow to the Trump Organization," Goldman said.

"Every single bank would call their loans if the Trump Organization is indicted. No bank will ever do business with an indicted company and there's no way the Trump Organization has enough capital to pay off all their loans. So they would be in default of their loans and would almost certainly have to go into bankruptcy," he explained.

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