The judge said Weisselberg could have faced more time in jail had he not taken a plea deal.
NEW YORK — Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail and five years of probation in Manhattan state court Tuesday after pleading guilty to tax fraud scheme. He has also repaid around $2 million in taxes he owed as part of the agreement.
The punishment ends a three-month trial at which Weisselberg, once chief financial officer for the real estate firm founded by former President Donald Trump, became the star witness in a separate case against the Trump Org.
Before Weisselberg was sentenced, his lawyer appealed to the judge for leniency, citing his client’s age, his cooperation with prosecutors and the publicity around the trial. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, however, said were it not for the plea deal the 75-year-old had struck, he would have imposed a harsher punishment.
“I believe that a stiffer sentence would be appropriate, having heard the evidence,” Merchan said Tuesday, citing what he referred to as the greed behind Weisselberg’s actions.
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