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Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of former President Donald Trump’s company, is expected to reach a settlement in a criminal case against him, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Weisselberg was indicted last year on felony charges, including tax fraud.
The specific terms of any plea deal were not immediately clear. One of the people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, said they expected Weisselberg to be sentenced to about five months behind bars. The person also said Weisselberg is not expected to help with an ongoing investigation into Trump, which is facing legal scrutiny from multiple directions.
Weisselberg was charged with more than a dozen felonies when he was indicted last year, including grand theft and tax fraud. Before the indictment, a person familiar with the investigation into Trump’s finances had said prosecutors hoped to persuade Weisselberg to testify against the former president as part of a deal that would reduce his own legal risk.
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Weisselberg’s attorneys declined to comment on the status of the case Monday, as did the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The long-awaited plea deal was first reported by the New York Times. The hearing of the case is scheduled for Thursday.
Weisselberg and the Trump Organization were indicted last year in a case of conspiring to avoid taxes by hiding executive pay. Prosecutors called it “a broad and audacious illegal payment scheme,” while Trump and his lawyers attacked the case as politically motivated. Weisselberg and company had pleaded not guilty.
News of a possible settlement in his case came as the ongoing investigations into Trump have continued to dominate headlines. A week earlier, with Trump in New York preparing to be impeached in a civil investigation into his business, FBI agents searched his South Florida club for government documents and they came out with nearly a dozen sets of classified or top secret material.
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The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is investigating his actions as part of that effort. And in Georgia, prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the election have said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has served as Trump’s lawyer, is the target of that investigation, his lawyer said Monday.
In Manhattan, District Attorney Alvin Bragg has faced pressure over his office’s long-running investigation into Trump.
Two key prosecutors involved in the case abruptly resigned in February, upset that they were not approved to seek an indictment against the former president, while a grand jury convened to hear evidence against him was believed to have expired in the spring.