It seemed as though Weisselberg was willing to go to jail for Trump in return for continuing financial benefit. But maybe that stint in Rikers was enough for him. And maybe that was boosted by the fact Trump's finances are about to be cut down to size, not to mention that Rudy is having to sue him for payment of legal fees, so the prospect of actually seeing any financial reward for loyalty doesn't look so hot any more.
[Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s former chief financial officer,] is said to be negotiating with Manhattan prosecutors over a potential guilty plea for lying on the witness stand in Donald Trump’s fraud trial.
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In exchange for pleading guilty to perjury – a crime punishable with prison time – Weisselberg may not be called to the witness stand during the hush-money trial [...] scheduled to start in March.
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The potential deal would intermingle Trump’s separate New York trials: a fraud trial over inflated financial statements, and a second case over a hush-money payment. Although Bragg’s office did not oversee the fraud trial, which is being prosecuted by the office of the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, Bragg’s office has been investigating a criminal case against Trump over an alleged hush-money payment made during his 2016 campaign.
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If Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury, it would be the second guilty plea deal the former Trump Organization executive has made with prosecutors. Weisselberg spent 100 days at Rikers jail in New York City after pleading guilty to tax fraud for dishing out off-the-table benefits to himself and other Trump executives.
Along with the former president, Weisselberg is a defendant in Trump’s civil fraud trial. Trump’s adult sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, and former Trump Organization executive Jeff McConney are also defendants.
Guardian
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