Why former Trump Org executive Allen Weisselberg could face perjury charges

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Why former Trump Org executive Allen Weisselberg could face perjury charges
The Manhattan district attorney won’t comment, but filings in the New York attorney general’s civil case may reveal the gist of Weisselberg's potential problem.
May 19, 2023, 6:44 PM EDT
By Lisa Rubin


The Manhattan district attorney’s office — which already has charged Donald Trump with 34 felony counts in relation to the Stormy Daniels hush money scheme — has upped the ante against a potential cooperator in that case, according to a New York Times report on Friday that cited people with knowledge of the matter.

Because former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg apparently has not signaled any willingness to testify against Trump, the DA’s office has turned “in recent weeks” to exploring perjury charges against him, two of the people with knowledge of the matter told the Times.

Those charges would be in addition to, not in lieu of, any insurance fraud charges, which the DA’s team has been investigating for several months, if not longer. Indeed, prosecutors already have warned Weisselberg’s lawyers that such charges could be forthcoming and that they focus on Weisselberg’s alleged lies to an insurance company “by claiming that the value of the Trump Organization’s real estate holdings had been assessed by an independent appraiser, when in fact they had not been,” the Times reported.

The potential perjury charges, by contrast, “would center on Mr. Weisselberg’s 2020 interview with [Attorney General Leticia] James’s investigators,” during which he was “questioned about some significant errors in Mr. Trump’s financial statements,” the Times reported, citing the people with knowledge of the matter.

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1. And why would these charges not have come before??

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2. The DA is trying to flip him...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/19/2170212/-DA-Bragg-Considers-New-Perjury-Insurance-Fraud-Charges-Against-Weisselberg-to-Make-Him-Flip

DA Bragg Considers New Perjury & Insurance Fraud Charges Against Weisselberg to Make Him Flip
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From The New York Times:

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is now considering a new round of criminal charges against Mr. Weisselberg, 75, and this time he could be charged with perjury, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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The potential perjury charges stem from statements Mr. Weisselberg made under oath during a 2020 interview with the office of the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who was conducting her own separate civil investigation into Mr. Trump and his family business…

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If Mr. Weisselberg refuses to cooperate, he could face a range of new charges. In addition to pursuing the perjury case, the prosecutors have indicated to his lawyers that they are considering unrelated insurance fraud charges against him.

They also appear to be weighing whether to charge Mr. Weisselberg with inflating the numbers on Mr. Trump’s financial statements. The prosecutors recently sought to interview one of Mr. Weisselberg’s former Trump Organization colleagues, who might be able to shed light on his involvement in crafting the annual statements, the people said.

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Yowch — so there’s some Financial Statement Fraud in the mix, too.

It’s time to sing, Mr. Weisselberg, unless you’re keen on returning to Riker’s. The choice is yours.