Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg released from Rikers Island after three months
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Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, was released from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York on Wednesday, according to New York City Department of Correction records.
After pleading guilty to 15 felonies, including tax evasion, the 75-year-old was sentenced in January to five months of jail and five years of probation. However, he was eligible to be released after three months for good behavior.
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Prosecutors offered Weisselberg a plea deal, ensuring he would avoid a lengthy sentence if he testified truthfully against the Trump organization. As part of that plea deal, Weisselberg was held at Rikers Island and fined nearly $2 million in taxes, penalties, and interest.
Weisselberg had worked with the Trump organization since the mid-1980s before he was found guilty of defrauding the federal government, state of New York, and city for more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and dishonorable tax refunds.
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Trump targeted the presiding judge in the case for Weisselberg in a Truth Social post, writing Judge Merchan “railroaded” Weisselberg to plead guilty and “treated my companies, which didn’t ‘plead,’ VICIOUSLY.”
The Trump organization is still in connection with Weisselberg, as they’ve made severance payments and continued to pay his legal fees, according to the New York Times.