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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/

It’s #Day9 of the #TrumpTrial parties went immediately to sidebar at the start.

#TrumpOrganization Asst VP #PatrickBirney returned to the stand. #Birney testified yesterday that he largely relied on #Weisselberg & controller Jeff #McConney to assemble #Trump's annual #financial stmnts.

#NYAG #Wallace highlighted Birney's statements during his opening as evidence of an alleged #conspiracy w/in the #TrumpOrg to #inflate Trump's #NetWorth.

"He likes to see it go up," Birney said.

#law #fraud