NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, a former longtime executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, is set to be sentenced Wednesday for lying under oath in...
NEW YORK — Allen Weisselberg , a former longtime executive in Donald Trump ’s real estate empire, is set to be sentenced Wednesday for lying under oath in the ex-president’s New York
Now, he’s again trading life as a Florida retiree for another stay at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.The two cases highlight Weisselberg's unflinching loyalty to Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. In agreeing to a five-month sentence, prosecutors cited Weisselberg’s age and willingness to admit wrongdoing. In New York, perjury is a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. Prosecutors promised not to prosecute Weisselberg for other crimes he might have committed in connection with his Trump Organization employment.
After Forbes magazine published an article in 2017 disputing the size of Trump’s penthouse, its estimated value on his financial statement was cut from $327 million to about $117 million.The civil fraud trial ended with Judge Arthur Engoron ruling that Trump and some of his executives had schemed to deceive banks, insurers and others by lying about his wealth on financial statements used to make deals and secure loans.
Cohen has said Weisselberg had a role in orchestrating the payments. Weisselberg has not been charged in that case and neither prosecutors nor Trump’s lawyers have indicated they will call him as a witness.Trump to Sue Hush-Money Judge in Last-Ditch Attempt to Delay Trial
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