{"id":2217282,"date":"2024-04-10T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-five-months-for-perjury\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:51:06","slug":"former-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-five-months-for-perjury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-five-months-for-perjury\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Weisselberg, ex-Trump CFO, receives five-month sentence for perjury"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fformer-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-five-months-for-perjury%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=2217282&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--><p>Allen Weisselberg, \u2064the former \u200cCFO of the Trump Organization, was sentenced to five months in jail for perjury related to Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"NY Appeals Court denies Trump's bid to postpone fraud trial.\">civil fraud trial<\/a>.\u200d His false testimony in the New York case concerning Trump&#8217;s family business led to the ruling that Trump and associates must pay over $350 million \u2064in damages. Your summary seems succinct and informative. It effectively conveys the \u2062key \u200cdetails of Allen Weisselberg&#8217;s sentencing and the implications of\u200c his false testimony in the\u200d New York civil fraud case involving \u2064Trump&#8217;s family business.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympics-set-to-go-on-regardless-of-covid-19-pandemic\/\" title=\"Tokyo Olympics Set To Go On \u2018Regardless\u2019 Of COVID-19 Pandemic\">chief financial officer<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump Organization\">Trump Organization<\/a>, Allen Weisselberg, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury last month stemming from his testimony during former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s civil fraud trial.<\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg\u2019s perjury stems from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> civil fraud case against Trump\u2019s family business, which resulted in a judge\u2019s decision in February that Trump, his adult sons, business associates, and the Trump Organization must pay more than $350 million in damages, which became\u00a0$464 million\u00a0when prejudgment interest was included. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Donald Trump, left, and his chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg attend a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former CFO was accused by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office of committing perjury in a deposition and during testimony in Trump\u2019s trial, including allegedly lying when he said in July 2020 that he learned Trump\u2019s Manhattan apartment had been overvalued from a media report. In reality, Weisselberg knew about it beforehand, according to prosecutors\u2019 allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding Judge Laurie Peterson asked Weisselberg if he had any words to say during the sentencing hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, your honor,\u201d Weisselberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Last January, the former CFO was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1886365\/former-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-handed-five-month-sentence-in-tax-fraud-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sentenced\">sentenced<\/a> to five months behind bars for his separate participation in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-n-y-charges-are-a-political-witch-hunt-by-radical-dems\/\" title=\"President Trump: N.Y. charges are a political witch hunt by radical Dems\">tax fraud scheme<\/a> at the former president\u2019s real estate company for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sentencing of Weisselberg comes just days before Trump is expected to be present for the start of a\u00a0criminal trial in Manhattan over a 34-count indictment brought by Bragg. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has called the indictment against him a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d brought by Democrats and allies of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case built by Bragg, an elected Democrat, stems from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-politicians-notable-figures-weigh-in-on-trumps-claim-that-he-will-be-arrested-on-tuesday\/\" title=\"Some Politicians, Notable Figures Weigh In On Trump\u2019s Claim That He Will Be Arrested On Tuesday\">hush money payment made<\/a> to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. The payment was made by Trump\u2019s fixer and ex-attorney Michael Cohen to silence Daniels as she was seeking to come forward about an alleged affair with Trump years earlier, which the former president denies.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allen Weisselberg, the ex-CFO of the Trump Organization, received a five-month jail term after admitting to perjury during Donald Trump&#8217;s civil fraud trial. 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