Allen Weisselberg, former Trump Organization CFO, released from jail

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization chief financial officer who pleaded guilty to tax fraud and other crimes, was released from jail Wednesday, records show.

Weisselberg spent 108 days in New York City's Rikers Island jail, beginning in January, serving more than two-thirds of his five month sentence, after appearing as the star witness for prosecutors in the corporation's tax fraud trial. Two Trump Organization companies were found guilty of 17 counts related to tax fraud and other charges on Dec. 6, 2022.

Weisselberg spent nearly half a century working for the Trump Organization, and was for decades former President Donald Trump's right-hand man at the company, overseeing the company's finances before and after Trump left to serve in the White House.

Weisselberg and the two Trump Organization companies, called the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation, were indicted in July 2021, accused of using a variety of methods to reduce payroll liability from executive salaries through untaxed bonuses and luxury perks worth millions. A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to comment.

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[RandySF]

1. 108 days at Rikers is no picnic.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Gee... and any black guy gets killed for being black. Corruption is shamefully king in USA!

[ancianita]

3. Wondering if Bragg would have him testify at tfg's trial.

Maybe not likely, since he's probably done depositions (along with Cohen) for the prosecution by now.

[Backseat Driver]

4. I'm absolutely sure there's equally odious employers

ready to scoop up his "accounting methodologies," and he'll just get bored sitting around spending more time with his family...Why, he could "chat" it up at the touch of a button and instantly get a new "skill" until that opportunity personal "good fit" presents itself.

[FakeNoose]

5. Ron DeSantis should hire him for his presidential campaign

That would be hilarious, seeing that Chump just hired a former aide to DeSantis. The word went out that "she knows where the bodies are buried." Well OK, Weisselberg really DOES know where the bodies are buried, plus he can bury Chump in a New York minute.

[groundloop]

6. I'm sure it's a mere coincidence that so many 45* associates have been charged with crimes.

45* has told us repeatedly that he hires and associates with the best people, I just can't imagine how so many of them wind up facing criminal charges.

Steve Bannon
Roger Stone (I REALLY want to see his slimy ass go to prison)
Michael Flynn
Paul Manafort
Rick Gates
Michael Cohen
George Papadopoulos
Tom Barrack
Elliot Broidy
George Nader
Allen Weisselberg

[tableturner]

7. Hopefully new charges are pending to pressure him to testify, which is very plausible!

Give him a few days to re-sample and enjoy life outside of prison, then pull him HARD by the short hairs! There are other items he could be charged with, probably some felonies associated with scam accounting. New charges also could come with repeat offender status, but if they are felonies, that factor alone would be sufficient to properly apply enormous pressure.

However, even new misdemeanor charges would put him in prison for a decent amount of time, and for a guy who was behind bars, then released, who then would have had some time to have enjoyed his freedom even more than he did before imprisonment, I'd be very surprised if he allowed himself to be sent to prison again for Trump.