The New York Attorney General’s office asked Judge Arthur Engoron to expand the authority of the state-appointed monitor overseeing the Trump organization to include a possible investigation into former CFO Allen Weisselberg’s admitted perjury to see if there was additional perjury.
Weisselburg pleaded guilty in March to perjury related to testimony he gave in the civil financial fraud case which was recently decided in the State’s favor, forcing Donald Trump to disgorge nearly half a billion dollars (for now) in ill-gotten gains. AG Letitia James’s office now wants the Monitor to have the authority to (1) share docs and data with other agencies and (2) investigate whether the information Weisselberg provided the State AG’s office on behalf of the company matched the information given to the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The result of such an investigation could lead to additional charges for Weisselberg.