Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, is scheduled to plead guilty Monday to perjury for lying in the former president’s civil fraud trial.
Mr. Weisselberg, 76, agreed to admit to Manhattan prosecutors that he lied to New York investigators investigating allegations that President Trump inflated his net worth to obtain lucrative loans and benefits. . The New York Times reported.
It is unclear how many charges he faces and whether they are misdemeanors or felonies, but officials told the Times that a plea deal could be reached as early as Monday. Ta. He is not believed to have been involved in the involvement of his former boss.
Weisselberg’s plea comes after a New York judge found Trump liable for conspiracy to manipulate his net worth and fined the former president $450 million.
The former Trump Organization chief financial officer previously chalked up some of his boss’s “exaggerations” about his wealth and real estate as mere inaccuracies.
Monday’s guilty plea marks the second conviction for the money maker, whom President Trump has trusted for years, after pleading guilty in 2022 to 15 counts of tax evasion while working for the Trump Organization.
He was sentenced to five months in prison at New York’s notorious Rikers Island prison before becoming eligible for supervised release.
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