Trump ex-deputy Weisselberg to be sentenced over perjury plea

10/4/2024 19:12

        Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty last month to perjury charges for lying to investigators and a judge about Donald Trump's finances.
        
        Judge Laurie Peterson said at Weisselberg's March 4 plea hearing that she would sentence him to five months in jail.
        
        That would mark the second stint behind bars for the former U.S. president's longtime loyal deputy. Weisselberg spent around three months in New York's Rikers Island jail in 2023 after pleading guilty to participating in a 15-year tax fraud scheme at the Trump Organization.
        
        The perjury charges stem from Weisselberg's testimony at a civil fraud case New York state Attorney General Letitia James brought against Trump, Weisselberg and other executives at Trump's family real estate company for manipulating property values to dupe lenders and insurers.