Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced for lying under oath during the civil business fraud trial of Donald Trump.
The perjury charges were brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is prosecuting Trump on charges of falsifying business records as part of a hush money scheme.Weisselberg declined to speak before the judge in a brief hearing in Manhattan criminal court. The 76-year-old former executive is expected to head directly to Rikers Island to begin serving the sentence.
That case is set to head to trial Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Weisselberg is not required to testify in it. Trump's attorneys have tried numerous times to delay the trial, including by claiming that Weisselberg's sentencing was scheduled deliberately near it in order to drum up more negative news coverage against Trump.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty to two counts of lying about the size of that apartment during a 2020 investigative deposition, his plea deal with prosecutors showed.