Allen Weisselberg Sentenced to Five Months Prison for Perjury in Fraud Case

Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been sentenced to five months in prison for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump. 

Earlier this month, Weisselberg, who served as the chief financial officer of Trump’s flagship company, entered a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors over charges of perjury. In January of last year, Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to declare and pay taxes on more than $1.7 million in company benefits provided by the former president’s flagship company. He was released in April of 2023 after having his sentence significantly reduced on good behavior.    

Last month, Trump was ordered to pay $355 million in damages after he and his company were found liable for years of financial fraud pertaining to his corporate and real estate holdings. In May of last year, Weisselberg misled prosecutors regarding his knowledge of Trump’s efforts to overvalue a triplex Manhattan apartment based on the property’s square footage. 

While he admitted to lying in his testimony regarding Trump’s civil fraud trial, the plea deal allowed Weisselberg to skirt charges directly related to the matter, instead he pleaded guilty to two felony counts regarding lies in a separate, 2020 deposition. 

“It is a crime to lie in depositions and at trial, plain and simple,” a Manhattan DA spokesperson said in March. “Allen Weisselberg took an oath to be truthful, and then committed perjury.”