Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months after pleading guilty to tax crimes

Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization CFO who pleaded guilty last year to dodging taxes on $1.7 million in job perks – including a free Manhattan apartment, luxury cars and his grandchildren’s private school tuition – has been sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison and five years of probation. 

The punishment was given by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to the longtime executive of Donald Trump’s real estate empire less than two months after his testimony helped convict the former president’s company of tax fraud. 

Weisselberg has begun his sentence, his attorney said after the sentencing Tuesday, at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex. He will be eligible for release after little more than three months if he behaves behind bars. 

"He deeply regrets the lapse in judgment that resulted in his conviction, and he regrets it most because of the pain that it caused his loving wife, his sons and wonderful grandchildren," Weisselberg attorney Nicholas Gravante told reporters. "Mr. Weisselberg thanks them for their love and support and looks forward to reuniting with them In April after he has served his sentence."