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earlier this year after pleading guilty to tax crimes. According to the Times, the new charges Bragg is considering center on an instance in 2020 when Weisselberg may have perjured himself in sworn testimony before the state’s attorney generalBragg is trying to pressure Weisselberg to testify against Trump, which he has refused to do, though he did agree to provide information used to convict the former president’s business on tax fraud charges.
One of Donald J. Trump’s longtime lieutenants, Allen H. Weisselberg, was recently released from the notorious Rikers Island jail complex after pleading guilty to a tax fraud scheme. Yet Mr. Weisselberg’s legal troubles are far from over. The threat of new charges represents the latest effort in a two-year campaign to persuade Mr. Weisselberg to testify against Mr. Trump. And it comes at a crucial time, just weeks after the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, unveiled an indictment of the former president.
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