
Unlike so many of former President Donald Trump’s various hangers-on and enablers, Allen Weisselberg is hardly a household name. The former CFO of the Trump Organization is not a flashy media hog like Rudy Giuliani, or a bombastic wise guy like Michael Cohen. He was, however, perhaps the single most important cog within the Trump Organization itself, aside from members of the Trump family. He’s been described as the man who “knows where all financial bodies are buried” and “as existential a threat” to Trump as exists.
And as of this week, Weisselberg has a new addition to his list of various titles and honorifics: admitted felon.