Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been released from Rikers Island jail in New York City for the second time on Friday after serving time for felony perjury, as per the city’s Department of Corrections records.
Weisselberg, a decades-long ally of former president Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of perjury during his testimony in Trump’s civil business fraud trial earlier this year.
In a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and presided over by New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, Weisselberg and others associated with the organization were found guilty of falsifying financial statements and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.
As part of the ruling, they were ordered to repay $355 million from their “ill-gotten gains,” totaling over $450 million with interest. Weisselberg was also banned from holding any financial management role in a New York company and ordered to return $1 million plus interest to the state.
Few days after the verdict, Weisselberg agreed to a plea deal where he confessed to lying under oath about the overvaluation of Trump’s Manhattan apartment in financial documents. In return, prosecutors agreed not to pursue further charges. He was sentenced to five months in jail in April.
Records from the New York City Department of Corrections indicate Weisselberg’s arrest on April 10. After spending 100 days in jail, he was released on Friday. ABC News reported that his sentence was reduced by nearly one and a half months due to good behavior.
Weisselberg’s attorney, Seth Rosenberg, confirmed to the Associated Press that Weisselberg is now reunited with his family post-release.
Previously, Weisselberg had served a separate 100-day sentence at Rikers Island for tax evasion on $1.7 million worth of company perks. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had remarked in a 2023 statement about that case that “Weisselberg leveraged his high-ranking position to obtain luxurious work perks like a rent-free luxury apartment in Manhattan, multiple Mercedes Benz vehicles, and private school tuition for his grandchildren— all without paying due taxes.”
As part of that sentencing, in which he pleaded guilty to 15 counts, Weisselberg also received five years’ probation.
Currently, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are serving as executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization, overseeing the company with chief operating officer Matthew Calamari.