Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is going back to jail — and commenters on social media are loving every second of it.
Weisselberg, who served as the Trump family's accountant since before former President Donald Trump himself took over the business from his father, previously was sentenced to five months for tax evasion as part of the criminal investigation into the Trump Organization's accounting last year. He was released after serving three months.
On Wednesday, he received another five months after pleading guilty to lying under oath in Trump's civil fraud trial, in which he falsely claimed he had not been involved in evaluating the square footage of Trump Tower.
The internet was not sorry to see him be put away for a second time, with several people on X positively gloating about it — and some noting that he keeps taking the fall for wrongdoing by Trump, whose was found liable in the civil fraud trial, but whose first criminal trial is scheduled to start next week in Manhattan.
"Yet again, Weisselberg goes to prison to spare Trump," said legal and political commentator Bradley Moss.
"Enjoy Rikers, Mr. Weisselberg," wrote civil rights attorney Andrew Laufer.
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The account @DWPippy, whose user identifies as a retired service worker, commented, "I wonder if he asked for his old cell back..."
"So this happened... Ex-Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying under oath in civil fraud case," wrote the account Indivisible Network. "We reckon paying someone off [works] if you are rich."
"Ex-Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg gets 5 months in jail for lying for Trump," wrote the account @Tosyneno. "Another Trump associate gets a jumpsuit. The list keeps growing."
"At some point Weisselberg has got to ask himself if all the lying to protect Trump was really worth it," remarked the account @jaybirdsatx. "The cost of being closely allied to Donald Trump almost always follows a predictable path of loss of reputation/credentials, bankruptcy and prison."
