{"id":1916641,"date":"2023-04-19T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-released-from-jail\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:43:14","slug":"ex-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-released-from-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg Released From Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-released-from-jail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p>(Reuters)\u2014Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was released from jail on Wednesday, according to New York City Department of Correction records.\t<\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg was sent to New York&#8217;s Rikers Island jail on January 10 for helping engineer a wide-ranging 15-year tax fraud scheme at former president Donald Trump&#8217;s family business.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to five months behind bars but was eligible for release after 100 days with time off for good behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty last year in connection with the long-running scheme. He and other executives received bonuses and perks in ways that cheated tax authorities and saved the company money. He evaded taxes on $1.76 million of income.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his plea deal, Weisselberg testified at last year&#8217;s trial of the Trump Organization, which also was charged with the tax fraud scheme. The company was found guilty and fined $1.6 million, the maximum allowed.\t<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for Weisselberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Karen Freifeld, Editing by Nick Zieminski)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters)\u2014Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was released from jail on Wednesday, according to New York City Department of Correction records. Weisselberg was sent to New York&#8217;s Rikers Island jail on January 10 for helping engineer a wide-ranging 15-year tax fraud scheme at former president Donald Trump&#8217;s family business. 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