Trump Organization CFO receives five-month jail sentence

 

Former Trump Organization CFO receives five-month jail sentence ...work for Donald Trump, go to prison!

As if Team Trump weren’t already struggling with an avalanche of legal troubles, the Trump Organization's former CFO will now be behind bars.  might recall, he reversed course, changed his plea to guilty, and agreed to pay taxes, interest and penalties.

This was not, however, enough to prevent a jail sentence. NBC News reported:

Allen Weisselberg, former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, was sentenced Tuesday for his role in the company’s sweeping 15-year tax fraud scheme. Weisselberg, 75, received five months behind bars, in accordance with his guilty plea, during an appearance before acting Justice Juan Merchan in New York criminal court.  https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/weisselberg-sentenced-trump-organization-rcna65148?cid=eml_mda_20230111&user_email=c0a1700cf9556c2a337549e763d083d317ba6a6555e246a5d57ec2c12b74b5a2  

As the former CFO heads to New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, it’s worth pausing to appreciate the "culture of lawlessness" surrounding the former president — which, as regular readers know, continues to get worse:

• Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
• Trump’s former campaign vice chairman, Rick Gates, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
• Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
• Trump’s former adviser and former campaign aide, Roger Stone, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
• Trump’s former White House national security advisor, Michael Flynn, was charged and convicted.
• Trump’s former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.