Engoron Wants Info On Weisselberg Plea Deal

The New York Times reported that former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg, previously convicted on criminal charges related to a tax fraud scheme at the Trump Organization and incarcerated at Rikers Island, is now negotiating a plea deal with the Manhattan DA’s office to avoid new criminal charges for perjury.

The perjury relates to his testimony in court in the case Judge Engoron is trying, as well as to a preliminary interview he gave New York’s attorney general in connection with it. I Photo: Manhattan District Attorney's Office

The perjury relates to his testimony in court in the case Judge Engoron is trying, as well as to a preliminary interview he gave New York’s attorney general in connection with it. The judge wants the details—the full scope of Weisselberg’s perjury—which seems reasonable since they bear on the case he’s in the process of deciding.

The Times article is focused on lies about the size of Trump’s Manhattan penthouse. Nothing is ever simple when Donald Trump is involved.

The web of lies and crimes is never-ending. And given that the future of his New York real estate business and a significant amount of his “fortune” are at stake in this civil case, the efforts to keep Weisselberg loyally at his side may prove to be his undoing.

Weisselberg had been involved in lobbying them over time for Trump’s inclusion on their billionaire’s list, using his aggressive valuation of the apartment based on fake numbers. In other words, he perjured himself when he testified.

According to the New York Times, the Manhattan DA began looking at potential perjury charges shortly after the Forbes story dropped.

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