Ex-Trump deputy Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury over penthouse size

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Trump in later years valued the unit at between $105.9 and $131.3 million, which James said were also inflated.
42% : Engoron ordered Trump, the Republican frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, to pay $454.2 million.
33% : In some of those statements, Trump claimed his Manhattan penthouse was more than 30,000 square feet, nearly three times the real size.Weisselberg testified at the trial on Oct. 10 that he was not involved in an incorrect valuation of the penthouse - one of a series of misleading financial statements that New York state Attorney General Letitia James said amounted to a fraudulent effort to dupe lenders.
27% : Trump was not charged in that case.
25% : Trump has denied wrongdoing and called the trial part of a political witchhunt aimed at derailing his third run for the White House.
20% : Trump, who faces three other criminal indictments related to efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and his handling of government documents, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
16% : As part of his plea agreement, Weisselberg admitted to lying on the witness stand in a recent civil fraud trial against Trump and during two earlier depositions with the New York state attorney general's office about his role in Trump's financial statements.

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