Allen Weisselberg, the ex-chief financial officer of former President Donald Trump’s family real estate company, will plead guilty Monday to perjury charges that resulted from his testimony during Trump’s civil fraud trial, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The terms of the plea remain sealed until Weisselberg appears in court Monday.
This will be Weisselberg’s second criminal conviction after he pleaded guilty in 2022 to evading taxes on nearly $2 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization, including an apartment, a luxury car and his grandchildren’s school tuition.
As ABC News reported last month, Weisselberg, 75, had been in plea talks with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to resolve charges that he lied on the witness stand when he testified in October at the civil trial in which he, Trump, Trump’s two adult sons, and another former Trump Organization executive were found liable for fraud.
During his testimony, Weisselberg struggled to explain why Trump’s Fifth Avenue Manhattan triplex, which is less than 11,000 square feet in size, was listed on Trump’s statements of financial condition as 30,000 square feet.
“It was almost de minimis relative to his net worth, so I didn’t really focus on it,” Weisselberg said during the trial. “I never even thought about the apartment.”
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