Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg set to be sentenced in tax fraud case

Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is acceptable to beryllium sentenced Tuesday aft pleading blameworthy to aggregate taxation crimes arsenic portion of an probe of erstwhile President Donald Trump's concern empire.

Weisselberg, 75, is expected to beryllium sentenced to 5 months successful jail, and could extremity up serving little than that erstwhile factoring successful clip disconnected for bully behavior. He is expected to statesman serving his clip astatine New York City's notorious Rikers Island jailhouse pursuing his 2:15 p.m. ET sentencing proceeding earlier authorities Judge Juan Merchan.

The erstwhile CFO is besides expected to beryllium sentenced to wage astir $2 cardinal successful taxes and penalties and service 5 years of probation, NBC News and different outlets reported.

Weisselberg pleaded blameworthy connected 15 counts past August, much than a twelvemonth aft helium and respective of Trump's concern entities were charged successful what prosecutors called a "systematic" strategy to defraud authorities and national taxation authorities spanning much than 15 years. The Manhattan District Attorney's bureau accused Weisselberg of receiving much than $1.7 cardinal successful concealed compensation arsenic portion of that tax-avoidance scheme.

He pleaded blameworthy "to enactment an extremity to this lawsuit and the years-long ineligible and idiosyncratic nightmares it has caused for him and his family," his attorney, Nicholas Gravante, said astatine the time. 

"Rather than hazard the anticipation of 15 years successful prison, helium has agreed to service 100 days. We are gladsome to person this down him," Gravante said.

Two Trump Organization subsidiaries were convicted past period of crimes including taxation fraud and falsifying concern records aft a proceedings featuring grounds by Weisselberg, who agreed to cooperate with prosecutors arsenic portion of his plea deal.

Weisselberg had worked for Trump's household since 1973. He reportedly testified successful November that helium is inactive being paid by the Trump Organization, and that the institution is paying his lawyers.

It is besides paying a situation advisor to assistance hole Weisselberg for jail, Reuters reported, citing a idiosyncratic acquainted with the matter.

Trump himself was not charged successful the case, and has decried the blameworthy verdict against his institution arsenic "a continuation of the Greatest Political Witch Hunt successful the History of our Country."

That verdict came down conscionable weeks aft Trump announced his candidacy for president successful 2024.

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