Monday was so fraught with headlines over Supreme Court rulings and such that a guilty plea entered in Manhattan got somewhat lost in the shuffle. Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury in Manhattan for testimony he gave in connection with the civil fraud case brought against Trump by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty in state court in Manhattan to two counts of perjury and will be sentenced in April to five months in jail — his second stint behind bars after serving 100 days last year for dodging taxes on company perks.
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“It is a crime to lie in depositions and at trial — plain and simple,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in a statement.
Weisselberg’s plea agreement does not require him to cooperate or testify at the hush-money trial, which is scheduled to begin March 25….
