{"id":2217556,"date":"2024-04-10T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-exec-sentenced-to-5-months-in-prison-over-testimony-in-civil-fraud-case\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T19:08:08","slug":"former-trump-exec-sentenced-to-5-months-in-prison-over-testimony-in-civil-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-exec-sentenced-to-5-months-in-prison-over-testimony-in-civil-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Trump Executive Receives 5-Month Prison Sentence for Testimony in Civil Fraud Case"},"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\">24<\/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-exec-sentenced-to-5-months-in-prison-over-testimony-in-civil-fraud-case%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=2217556&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>Former Trump Organization\u2063 CFO Allen Weisselberg, 76, was sentenced \u2063to five months \u2063in prison for perjury \u200ccharges\u200d in Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signals-intent-to-attend-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-after-asking-to-reschedule-conflicting-deposition\/\" title=\"Trump plans to attend NY civil fraud trial after requesting deposition rescheduling.\">civil fraud \u2063trial<\/a>.\u200c The plea deal\u200b required his \u200cbrief sentencing, with\u200b no\u200d statements made in court. He \u2064admitted to lying about the\u200c Trump Tower triplex&#8217;s size. Trump&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-seeks-to-execute-prisoner-using-nitrogen-gas-asphyxiation\/\" title=\"Alabama plans to execute inmate using nitrogen gas asphyxiation.\">legal team \u200bcriticized<\/a> the\u200d DA for\u200c targeting\u200b Weisselberg over Michael Cohen&#8217;s\u200d alleged\u2062 perjury. Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, 76, received a five-month prison sentence for perjury in \u200cTrump&#8217;s civil fraud\u2064 trial. Despite a plea deal resulting in a swift \u2063sentencing without statement, he confessed to \u2064falsifying information about the Trump\u2063 Tower triplex. Trump&#8217;s legal team condemned prosecutors for focusing on Weisselberg\u200c instead of Michael Cohen&#8217;s alleged perjury.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty last month to two counts of first-degree perjury related to his testimony in former President Donald Trump\u2019s New York civil fraud trial. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weisselberg, 76, was hit with perjury charges by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after his testimony for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-legal-and-political-jeopardy-an-interview-with-former-federal-prosecutor-andrew-mccarthy\/\" title=\"Interview with ex-Federal Prosecutor Andrew McCarthy on Trump's legal and political risks.\">civil fraud case brought<\/a> by New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James. James had charged Weisselberg, alongside Trump and others, with scheming to deceive banks and insurers about Trump\u2019s wealth. In a March deal with Bragg\u2019s office, Weisselberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-trump-org-cfo-pleads-guilty-to-perjury-in-connection-with-ny-civil-business-fraud-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to lying during deposition testimonies in July 2020 and May 2023 and while on the stand during the trial in October 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His sentencing on Wednesday took less than five minutes as his plea deal stipulated that he would spend five months behind bars for the charges. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After Judge Laurie Peterson asked him if he would like to speak to the court, Weisselberg said, \u201cNo, your honor,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/weisselberg-trump-perjury-new-york-b76cde56c6cb983ab8789f95d5a0c6c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press. He is expected to be held at New York City\u2019s Rikers Island jail complex. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his plea deal, Weisselberg admitted lying to investigators about the size of the Midtown Trump Tower triplex in Manhattan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers have <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/ap-top-news\/2024\/03\/20\/judge-says-michael-cohen-may-have-committed-perjury-refuses-to-end-his-probation-early\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Bragg of a double standard by going after Weisselberg but not pursuing charges against former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, a key witness in Bragg\u2019s case against Trump over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-wont-charge-donald-trump-with-any-crimes-trump-attorney-says\/\" title=\"Manhattan DA Won\u2019t Charge Donald Trump With Any Crimes, Trump Attorney Says\">alleged \u201chush money\u201d payments<\/a> to Stormy Daniels. They said that Bragg made a \u201cconscious choice to ignore obvious and admitted criminal conduct by Cohen and to instead deploy unethical, strong-armed tactics against an innocent man in his late 70s underscores the irresponsibility of your conduct in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other legal filings, Trump\u2019s lawyers suggested that Weisselberg may have taken a plea deal to avoid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chauvin-judge-clears-way-for-harsher-prison-sentence-agrees-ex-officer-showed-particular-cruelty-during-george-floyd-arrest\/\" title=\"Chauvin Judge Clears Way For Harsher Prison Sentence, Agrees Ex-Officer Showed \u2018Particular Cruelty\u2019 During George Floyd Arrest\">harsher prison sentence<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712759107458000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2Tu_bbgaIzPZlwVTiisdPO\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo be clear, counsel for Defendants have no \u2018knowledge\u2019 that Mr. Weisselberg made false statements during the trial; to the contrary, many believe that Mr. Weisselberg only made such admissions because he was being threatened with life in prison,\u201d the lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=4Mw_PLUS_liQHtW0qI2VG_PLUS_8d07g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a filing to Judge Arthur Engoran, who oversaw James\u2019s case against Trump. \u201cIndeed, counsel for defendants have no more \u2018knowledge\u2019 that Mr. Weisselberg made these purportedly false statements than the Court or any other person who read of his highly publicized guilty plea.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Weisselberg, whose legal bills have been paid for by the Trump Organization, previously spent time in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the civil fraud case, Engoron sided with James and the prosecution in February, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-fined-350-million-in-civil-business-fraud-trial-banned-from-doing-business-in-ny-for-3-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ordering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Trump to pay $350 million, which has increased to $454 million, including interest, and barring Trump and his sons from running their business in New York for two to three years. Bragg\u2019s criminal court case is slated to start on April 15. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg, 76, sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree perjury in ex-President Trump\u2019s NY civil fraud trial. 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