Donald Trump, his former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, center, and his son Donald Trump Jr.Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP

Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer for former president Donald Trump’s company, was sent to jail for five months on Wednesday morning. Weisselberg was taken into custody after pleading guilty to perjury, admitting that he lied under oath during Trump’s civil fraud trial last fall. Weisselberg worked for Trump for more than 30 years, rising from a lowly accountant position to be the man who handled day-to-day financials for the former president’s real estate business and kept his financial records.

This isn’t the first time Weisselberg has been imprisoned in relation to his longtime boss. Last spring, Weisselberg served four months at Rikers Island jail after he plead guilty in 2022 to orchestrating a tax evasion scheme at the Trump Organization. In........

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