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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 06:49 PM Jan 2023

There IS justice, (sarcasm)... Weiselberg gets safest unit at Rikers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/donald-trumps-longtime-money-man-204422538.html

Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg breezed through intake at NYC's infamous Rikers jail.

He is now in what one expert called the "safest and nicest" unit in Rikers.

Weisselberg can use a hot pot to heat commissary soup and will likely get a kitchen job.

Donald Trump's former CFO has quickly snagged a coveted cot in what one expert calls the best unit in New York City's infamous Rikers Island jail complex.
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There IS justice, (sarcasm)... Weiselberg gets safest unit at Rikers (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2023 OP
Isn't he still on Trump's payroll? How many millions is he making protecting Trump dem4decades Jan 2023 #1
So would you spend less than 5 months in prison Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2023 #10
Is this the cell block where the rats just run around day and night but don't bite ? magicarpet Jan 2023 #2
Still, the nicest block at Rickers...and it's one...expert?? So the rat count is the lowest? Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #3
Weisselberg's deal specifically precluded his implicating tfg or his family. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #4
You are correct, gab13by13 Jan 2023 #8
They greased a few palms Walleye Jan 2023 #5
There's nothing nice about Rikers. brush Jan 2023 #6
Let's cut out the bs, gab13by13 Jan 2023 #7
!!! Before u stop, he could get out early for good behavior Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2023 #9
Of course. Should we be surprised? The Grand Illuminist Jan 2023 #11
That's OK. Dude is 75. maxsolomon Jan 2023 #12

dem4decades

(11,282 posts)
1. Isn't he still on Trump's payroll? How many millions is he making protecting Trump
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 06:52 PM
Jan 2023

While watching TV in Riker‽

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
10. So would you spend less than 5 months in prison
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 09:45 PM
Jan 2023

For, you're right, a 1 million $ payroll? Probably for life although Trump probably hopes it's only for a couple year?

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
3. Still, the nicest block at Rickers...and it's one...expert?? So the rat count is the lowest?
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:01 PM
Jan 2023

I, for one, am pleased with the combination of prison and evidence collected by his little man against the chief rat, to be used later.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
4. Weisselberg's deal specifically precluded his implicating tfg or his family.
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:05 PM
Jan 2023

And he was allowed to make that deal.

gab13by13

(21,304 posts)
8. You are correct,
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:12 PM
Jan 2023

but according to Michael Cohen he still lied on the stand to protect Trump and got away with lying. DOJ could have charged more or asked for a stiffer sentence.

brush

(53,764 posts)
6. There's nothing nice about Rikers.
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:08 PM
Jan 2023

It's a jail. He avoided going to prison because of the short sentence. It's no picnic though.

gab13by13

(21,304 posts)
7. Let's cut out the bs,
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:09 PM
Jan 2023

what message does this send to people DOJ is trying to flip? Weisselberg lied on the stand to protect Trump when he was supposed to be cooperating, nevertheless he got his reduced sentence, 100 days, not exactly a Residence Inn but an Extended Stay America.

They put Michael Cohen in solitary. I better stop here. Thanks for posting this, I better stop here.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. !!! Before u stop, he could get out early for good behavior
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:49 PM
Jan 2023

Which of course he will. What do you think that means? When can you get out

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)
12. That's OK. Dude is 75.
Thu Jan 12, 2023, 02:43 PM
Jan 2023

It's not like it's going to be like in Goodfellas.

Trump owes him big time for taking the heat.

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