Trump lawyer rants about 'tyrannical' DA after ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg gets plea deal

Donald Trump's attorney accused a Manhattan District Attorney of "tyrannical conduct" by offering a plea deal to a former Trump Organization CFO who admitted he repeatedly lied to prosecutors.

Todd Blanche scribbled off an 11-page missive to Alvin Bragg — the prosecutor who accuses Trump of paying hush money to an adult film star before the 2016 election — condemning Allen Weisselberg's plea deal as a political conspiracy with New York Attorney General Letitia James, who successfully sued Trump for upwards of $450 million.

"We again urge you to reconsider your positions ... and put an end to the selective and oppressive misconduct of your office," Blanche writes. "We will be making this letter public."

Blanche specifically pointed to the lack of Bragg's prosecutorial action against Michael Cohen — Trump's former fixer whose testimony during the civil fraud trial was found credible by Justice Arthur Engoron despite Trump's accusations to the contrary.

Cohen, who pleaded guilty to perjury in 2018, gave testimony corroborated by other evidence presented during the trial, Engoron noted in his ruling.

This was not acceptable to Blanche.

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"[The District Attorney's] conscious choice to ignore obvious and admitted criminal conduct by Cohen and to instead deploy unethical, strong-armed tactics against an innocent man in his late 70s underscores the irresponsibility of your conduct in office," Blanche writes.

"This dereliction of duty renders you fully unfit to serve as District Attorney, and exposes innocent citizens, like Mr. Weisselberg, to irreparable and life-altering harm."

Blanche contends Weisselberg, despite accepting a plea deal, did not commit perjury crimes.

"Such tactics have no place in our American justice system," Blanche writes. "You should be alarmed by and ashamed of this tyrannical conduct."

Weisselberg’s plea agreement does not require him to testify in Bragg's hush-money trial slated to begin on March 25, the Associated Press notes. He will spend five months in jail.

In return, the District Attorney's office promised not to prosecute Weisselberg in connection with his Trump Organization actions.

Weisselberg admitted lying under oath while testifying to James during two depositions and when he stood trial last year, according to the Associated Press.