“Allen Weisselberg, who for decades was one of Donald Trump’s most trusted and loyal employees as chief financial officer of the Trump family business, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 15 counts ranging from grand larceny to tax fraud to falsifying business records, becoming the latest person close to the 45th president to plead guilty or be convicted at trial of of a felony.
“Weisselberg changed his 2021 plea of not guilty to guilty in state court in lower Manhattan.
“Under an agreement made with prosecutors and detailed in court, Weisselberg will serve five months in prison and receive five years probation, in exchange for testifying at the trial of his former co-defendant and longtime employer, the Trump Organization.
“He agreed to pay $1.9 million in back taxes, interest, and penalties, to New York State and New York City.”
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