'Down with the ship': Internet mocks Allen Weisselberg as he negotiates plea deal for perjury charges from Trump fraud trial

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, is reportedly in discussions with the office of Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, regarding a potential plea deal for perjury charges stemming from his testimony during the fraud trial of Donald Trump.

Weisselberg, who was responsible for overseeing the company's finances, is said to be in the early stages of negotiating the terms of the plea agreement.

It is worth noting that this potential plea deal would have implications for former President Donald Trump's ongoing trials in New York.

According to The Guardian, the first case involves charges of fraud in relation to inflated financial statements, and is being prosecuted by the office of the state's attorney general, Letitia James.

The second case concerns an alleged hush-money payment made during Trump's 2016 campaign and is currently under investigation by Bragg's office.

While Bragg's office was not responsible for prosecuting the fraud trial, the potential plea deal would nevertheless intersect with both cases and have implications for the ongoing prosecution of the MAGA figurehead.

What has Alvin Bragg’s office charged Donald Trump with?

The office of Alvin Bragg has charged former US president Donald Trump with falsifying business records.

The charges relate to 'legal fees' reported on records, which Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, has claimed were actually reimbursements for a payment he made on Trump's behalf to the former adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Cohen has further stated that Weisselberg assisted in coordinating the reimbursement.

As part of a plea deal for perjury, which is a crime punishable with prison time, Weisselberg may not be asked to testify during the hush-money trial, scheduled to begin in March of this year.

Prosecutors may be hoping that if Weisselberg confesses to perjury, it would discourage other Trump allies from lying on the stand.

Weisselberg, a loyal ally of Trump, has been a long-term employee of the Trump Organization and has denied Trump's involvement in the hush-money payment.

Discrediting Weisselberg as a witness, even if prosecutors do not call him to the stand, may strengthen their case.

In the event that Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury, it would mark the second instance of a guilty plea deal made by the former Trump Organization executive with prosecutors.

Previously, Weisselberg had spent 100 days at Rikers jail in New York City after pleading guilty to tax fraud, which involved the provision of off-the-table benefits to himself and other executives employed by Trump.

Alongside the former president, Weisselberg is a defendant in the ongoing Trump civil fraud trial.

Other defendants in the case include Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, and former Trump Organization executive Jeff McConney.

The lawsuit against Trump is seeking damages of $370 million, with allegations that he had inflated the value of his assets on government financial statements over a period of ten years.

Judge Arthur Engoron, who has jurisdiction over the fraud trial, has indicated that a verdict for $370 million will be filed by mid-February.

Internet mocks Weisselberg and Trump as their collective defence is getting weaker by the day

People on X ridiculed the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization who's desperately negotiating the terms of a guilty plea deal to absolve himself of the former President's past crimes and misdealings.

One X user remarked: "Mr. Weissslberg, use your leverage. You know Trump would. If you actually take the rap for Trump, you know better than anyone that your compensation better be paid upfront in cash in a protected bank account."

Another user quipped: "...And down with the ship he goes... THE TITANIC -ONE."

Finally, this user tweeted: "Okay good. Go Brady Go"

 

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