James Myers of OAN
8:30 a.m. to Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to lying in the former president’s New York civil fraud trial.
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Weisselberg, 76, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday morning for a two-minute sentencing hearing before Judge Laurie Peterson.
The Donald Trump donor did not speak in court as he was handcuffed and led from the hearing by court officials.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has announced that former CFO Trump will be interviewed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and her investigators during his deposition on May 12, 2023, and on the stand in President Trump’s civil fraud case on October 10, 2023. announced that he admitted to prosecutors that he had lied.th.
He was also accused by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office of lying in July 2020 when he said he knew President Trump’s Manhattan apartment was overvalued. . Prosecutors say Weisselberg knew before testifying that President Trump’s apartment was overvalued.
The ruling came after the former CFO was sentenced to five months in prison in January last year for his role in a separate tax evasion scheme at the former president’s real estate company for 15 years.
On the other hand, 45th The president is scheduled to appear in court for the start of the 34-count Manhattan indictment trial brought by Mr. Bragg. President Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges, calling it a “witch hunt” instigated by President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies.
It is also unclear whether Weisselberg’s plea deal with Bragg’s office will affect Trump’s “hush money” trial, which is scheduled to begin on April 15.th.
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