Former Trump executive given five months in jail for lying in civil fraud case

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg is taken into custody after sentencing in court in New York (Curtis Means/Daily Mail via AP, Pool)

Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, has been sentenced to five months in jail for lying under oath during his evidence in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the former US president by New York’s attorney general.

Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of perjury in connection with the suit.