NY AG Says No Knowledge of Perjury Plea Deal, Urges Judge to Issue Ruling in Trump Fraud Case

Published on February 8, 2024

State attorney Kevin Wallace, representing the New York Attorney General’s office, told the judge presiding over the Trump Organization fraud case that they are not aware of a perjury plea deal in the works. Last week, the New York Times reported that sources say former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is now in negotiations with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for a plea deal that would require him to admit to perjury on the witness stand in the fraud case. Former President Donald Trump is a defendant in both cases; the New York Attorney General has accused him and other Trump Organization executives of fraud in a civil case that could dissolve his real estate empire, and the Manhattan District Attorney has charged him with 37 counts related to mishandling business documents in a criminal case....