#perjury — Public Fediverse posts
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DOJ opens criminal probe into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
The US Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, over suspected perjury tied to a 2022 deposition in which she said she had no outside legal funding. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #reuters #jeanecaroll #usdoj #trump #trumpcase #perjury Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the…
https://fllics.com/en/video/doj-opens-criminal-probe-into-trump-accuser-e-jean-carroll/
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Back to #Rikers
Fmr #Trump exec #Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in #jail after pleading guilty to lying under oath in the NYAG’s #civil #fraud investigation into business practices at the #TrumpOrganization.
#AllenWeisselberg, who worked for the Trump family for a half-century before *retiring* recently, was taken into custody after a brief proceeding in NY Sup Court & is expected to serve his sentence at #RikersIsland.#perjury #legal #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/10/trump-weisselberg-sentencing-new-york/ -
#Weisselberg testimony occurred on Oct 10, 2023 – #Day6 of the #civil #fraud trial against #Trump, #TrumpOrganization & its top execs.
Start of my thread on Weisselberg’s perjurious testimony:
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Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, is expected to plead guilty to perjury charges related to testimony he gave in a civil investigation into the real estate company’s finances
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#AllenWeisselberg …is negotiating a #deal w/ Manhattan prosecutors that requires him to plead #guilty to #perjury.
…#Weisselberg would have to admit that he lied on the #witness stand in #Trump’s #civil #fraud #trial.
Weisselberg, the fmr CFO at #TrumpOrganization, also would have to say that he lied under oath during in an interview with the #NYAG’s office, which brought the civil fraud case.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/nyregion/weisselberg-perjury-trump-fraud.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
That approach by prosecutors does not rule out the possibility of some charges, such as #perjury or #FalseStatements, being filed in the nation’s capital in connection with grand jury appearances or law enforcement interviews that took place there….
The #criminal investigation has been going on for >a year, & #Trump attys expect Smith to finalize a charging decision in coming weeks. Trump advisers say they are preparing for a potential indictment of the former president….