Allen Weisselberg, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, has been sentenced to five months in jail. This sentencing comes after Weisselberg admitted to committing perjury during former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York. At 76 years old, Weisselberg faced the legal consequences of his actions in a brief sentencing hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Laurie Peterson.
Previously, Weisselberg had been incarcerated for approximately 100 days due to a conviction on tax fraud charges. He was found guilty of accepting $1.7 million in unreported company perks, which included free rent for a Manhattan apartment and tuition payments for his grandchildren. This recent legal battle found Weisselberg pleading guilty to two counts of perjury as part of a plea agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He confessed to lying during a deposition on May 12, 2023, and in his testimony during Trump’s civil fraud case on October 10.
A significant aspect of Weisselberg’s admission included acknowledging that he had provided false information about the size of Trump’s Trump Tower triplex in Midtown, falsely claiming it was 30,000 square feet when it is actually just under 11,000 square feet. These lies extended to three other occasions, including his deposition in May and his court appearance in October.
This marks Weisselberg’s second criminal conviction. In 2022, he had pleaded guilty to 15 counts of tax fraud and testified against the Trump Organization, which led to the company’s conviction and fines totaling $1.6 million in December of the same year. Following these events, during Trump’s civil trial, Weisselberg revealed that Trump had compensated him with $2 million as part of a severance agreement from the Trump Organization. The agreement stipulated that Weisselberg would not publicly criticize the former president.
As Weisselberg prepares to serve his jail sentence, his attorney, Seth L. Rosenberg, expressed that his client is eager to move past this chapter of his life and return to his family and retirement. Meanwhile, the broader legal saga continues, with jury selection for Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial scheduled to begin on April 15. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to allegedly concealing $130,000 in payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election.