Allan Weisselberg has done 3 months, of a five month sentence in jail, for his former client Donald Trump..
He will be paid $2M ….
He just pleaded to felony perjury charges, to the Manhattan DA , in loyalty to the ex-President …
He’s gonna probably do another 3 month’s in jail….
Throughout Mr. Trump’s legal travails, Mr. Weisselberg has often been caught in the middle, squaring off against several law enforcement agencies in both civil and criminal trials. As the long-serving chief financial officer for the Trump family business — the former president’s trusted moneyman — Mr. Weisselberg was considered a linchpin in efforts to implicate Mr. Trump.
Mr. Weisselberg has been rewarded for his loyalty to the family he served for nearly a half century: When he left Mr. Trump’s company last year, he was awarded a $2 million severance package that required him not to cooperate with any law enforcement investigation unless legally required.
He also paid a price. In 2022, he pleaded guilty in a tax fraud case. Although he did not implicate Mr. Trump, he agreed to testify against the former president’s company, the Trump Organization, at its trial on the same charges.
In that case, the company was convicted, and Mr. Weisselberg received a five-month sentence. With good behavior, he served nearly 100 days behind bars at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
With this latest plea, Mr. Weisselberg now faces another five-month stint at Rikers….
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Justice Engoron concluded that Mr. Weisselberg was not a credible witness, in part because of his severance agreement, which is paid in installments over time, as if to keep Mr. Weisselberg in thrall to the Trump family.
“His testimony in this trial was intentionally evasive, with large gaps of ‘I don’t remember,’” the judge wrote in his decision last month, adding that the severance agreement “renders his testimony highly unreliable.”
“The Trump Organization keeps Weisselberg on a short leash,” the justice wrote. “And it shows.”…..