Allen Weisselberg
American businessman and chief financial officer of The Trump Organization
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- Jul 19, 2024
The record
Allen Weisselberg spent nearly half a century with the Trump Organization and for decades oversaw the company's finances as Donald Trump's chief financial officer, CBS News reported. Beyond the 2021 tax case covered in this file, which ended with his August 2022 guilty plea, testimony against the company and about 100 days at Rikers Island before his release in April 2023, he faced a second criminal case that grew out of the New York civil fraud trial against Trump.
In that trial's February 2024 judgment, Judge Arthur Engoron called Weisselberg's testimony highly unreliable and intentionally evasive. Manhattan prosecutors then charged him with perjury over his account of the valuation of Trump's Fifth Avenue triplex, listed at 30,000 square feet on Trump's financial statements though it measured under 11,000. In March 2024 he pleaded guilty to two felony perjury counts; the deal let him avoid pleading to three others.
On April 10, 2024, Judge Laurie Peterson in Manhattan Criminal Court sentenced him to five months in jail, matching the district attorney's recommendation. Asked whether he wished to speak, he said, 'No, your honor,' and his lawyer said he had accepted responsibility. He was released from Rikers Island on July 19, 2024, after 100 days, his second such stint in just over a year.
Roles and honours on the record
Every entry, newest first
- Reported
Released from Rikers Island jail complex, AP reported. Trump Organization convicted on 17 tax fraud counts
- Ruled
Justice Juan Merchan sentenced him to five months at Rikers Island, The New York Times reported. Trump Organization convicted on 17 tax fraud counts
- Admitted
Pleaded guilty to all 15 counts; agreed to pay nearly $2 million and testify against the company, CNN reported. Trump Organization convicted on 17 tax fraud counts
- Filed
Charged with 15 felony counts in a Manhattan indictment; pleaded not guilty at arraignment, CNN reported. Trump Organization convicted on 17 tax fraud counts
Stories in this file
The record, entry by entry
- 2020-07 Filed Prosecutors said that in a July 2020 deposition he claimed to have learned from a Forbes report that Trump's triplex was overvalued, when he knew well before; the claim was part of the perjury case to which he later pleaded guilty on two counts, NBC News reported. NBC News report
- 2023-04-19 Reported He was released from Rikers Island after about 100 days of a five-month sentence for the tax case in which he pleaded guilty in August 2022 and agreed to testify against the company, CBS News reported. CBS News report
- 2024-02 Ruled In the New York civil fraud judgment against Trump and his company, Judge Arthur Engoron found Weisselberg's trial testimony highly unreliable and intentionally evasive, NBC News reported. NBC News report
- 2024-03 Admitted He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of perjury; prosecutors said he lied under oath about his role in valuing Trump's Fifth Avenue triplex, listed at 30,000 square feet though under 11,000, ABC News reported. ABC News report
- 2024-04-10 Ruled Judge Laurie Peterson in Manhattan Criminal Court sentenced him to five months in jail. He declined to speak; his lawyer said he had accepted responsibility. ABC News report
- 2024-07-19 Reported He was released from Rikers Island after 100 days, early for good behavior, his second 100-day jail stint in just over a year, CBS News reported. CBS News report
Documents
Sources behind this file
- AP report on Weisselberg's release
- The New York Times report on the sentencing
- USA Today verdict report
- The New York Times verdict report
- CBS News verdict report
- Politico report on Weisselberg's testimony
- NBC News report on the start of the trial
- CNN report on Weisselberg's guilty plea
- The Washington Post report on the plea
- The Washington Post report on the arraignment
- CNN report on the indictment