Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been sentenced to five months in prison for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump. Earlier this month, Weisselberg, who served as the chief financial officer of Trump’s flagship company, entered a plea deal …
Read More »Trump's Ex-Financial Chief Pleads Guilty — Again
The Trump Organization’s former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, agreed to a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors over charges of perjury. The former CFO, who has been out of jail for less than a year, is once again in hot water after allegedly lying during his testimony in New York’s …
Read More »Trump's Money Man Gets Five Months in Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme
Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to declare and pay taxes on more than $1.7 million in company benefits provided by the former president’s flagship company. Weisselberg’s cooperation with prosecutors was central to securing a conviction …
Read More »Trump's Companies Went Through 'Cleanup Process' After He Took Office
When Allen Weisselberg took the stand for a second day to testify against several of Donald Trump’s eponymous companies, he described his and other company honchos’ efforts to scrub sketchy payment practices when his boss became president — by stopping an allegedly yearslong practice of providing untaxed benefits. “We were …
Read More »Trump's Money Man Just Linked Him to Tax Fraud Scheme
Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified Tuesday that Donald Trump personally green-lighted untaxed benefits that are the center of a Manhattan criminal trial against several of the ex-president’s eponymous companies — including a gratis residence in New York City. “The rent was authorized by Donald Trump,” Weisselberg …
Read More »The Trump Organization's Top Money Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Crime 'Scheme'
Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longtime chief finance executive, answered “yes, your honor” on Thursday when a Manhattan judge asked if he “engaged in a scheme” with the Trump Organization “to defraud federal, New York state, and New York City tax authorities,” as he pleaded guilty to the 15-count indictment …
Read More »Trump's CFO Allen Weisselberg Will Implicate Trump Companies in Guilty Plea
Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s finance chief, will say in Manhattan court Thursday that he conspired with several of the ex-president’s companies when he pleads guilty to state tax crimes, two sources familiar with the case tell Rolling Stone. As part of Weisselberg’s plea deal, he has agreed to testify …
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