Who is Allen Weisselberg?

Allen Weisselberg is the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. In March, he pleaded guilty to lying under oath during his testimony in the former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case brought by Attorney General Letitia James.

He admitted to lying under oath on three occasions – depositions in July 2020 and May 2023 and on the witness stand at the trial last October – when he testified that he had little knowledge of how Trump’s Manhattan penthouse came to be valued on his financial statements at nearly three times its actual size.

To avoid violating his probation in a separate tax case, however, Weisselberg agreed to plead guilty only to charges related to his 2020 deposition testimony.

He was sentenced to five months in jail at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex.

In Trump’s criminal trial, Weisselberg has been a central figure to the story – but is not expected to testify.

Earlier this week, Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen testified that Weisselberg told him about the payment plan to reimburse him for the payment to Stormy Daniels, and that Cohen and Weisselberg discussed the payment plan in a meeting with Trump.