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re: FED Judge Installed to Monitor & Check TRUMPs' Finances in Civil FRAUD Case
TRUMP Organization FRAUD: TRUMP is Toast - Former CFO Talking to Prosecutors About Perjury Plea Deal
Former TRUMP Chief Finance Officer Talking to Prosecutors:
Weisselberg Poised To Plead Guilty To Perjury In NY Civil Fraud Case. Ex-Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg Was Released From Rikers Island in APRIL 2023
MSNBC 2 FEB 2024
Allen Weisselberg Finance Officer Has Already Done Time in Rikers.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to five months in jail.
Donald Trumps' former long time finance chief is negotiating a deal with Manhattan prosecutors that would involve pleading guilty to perjury for testimony he gave in Trumps' civil fraud trial.
Well, Well, Well …
I know the web of Trump legal entanglements is hard to keep track of, but this is a salient development in a very live case where a judgment is soon expected that could force Trump to disgorge millions of dollars and bar him from the New York real estate biz.
Longtime Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg is in talks with the Manhattan DA’s office to plead guilty to committing perjury during his testimony in the civil fraud trial brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, the NYT is reporting. I should emphasize that the plea deal isn’t final yet, and the NYT report is based on unnamed sources.
According to the report, Weisselberg would admit to lying on the stand and to lying under oath in an interview with James’ office.
Prosecutors have been leaning on Weisselberg to flip against Trump for a very long time. But this new report suggests even a perjury conviction isn’t going to be enough to flip Weisselberg, who already spent time in jail for his conviction on engaging in fraudulent business practices while at the Trump Org: “The deal being negotiated would most likely not require Mr. Weisselberg, 76, to turn on his former boss.”
Still, Weisselberg was at the center of the Stormy Daniels’ hush money scheme, for which Trump is set to go to trial in coming weeks, in what will now likely be his first criminal trial, and a guilty plea here could bolster Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s case while undermining Trump’s defense.
Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for the verdict on damages and penalties in the underlying civil fraud case. The judge had set a self-imposed deadline for himself to rule of Jan. 31, but the court confirmed yesterday that the ruling won’t come until early to mid-February.
Not clear if the delay is in any way related to separate Weisselberg prosecution.
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