Ex-Trump finance chief reportedly in talks over guilty perjury plea

Potential deal with Manhattan prosecutors could see Allen Weisselberg admit to lying on stand, New York Times reports

A longtime Trump Organization executive is said to be negotiating with Manhattan prosecutors over a potential guilty plea for lying on the witness stand in Donald Trump's fraud trial.

Allen Weisselberg, Trump's former chief financial officer, who oversaw the company's finances, is in the early stages of working on a perjury plea with the office of Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, the New York Times reported on Thursday.