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   A Guide to Trump Allies Who’ve Pleaded Guilty or Been Convicted of Crimes   
      
      
   Allen Weisselberg, a longtime business associate of Donald Trump, joined a   
   growing list of the former president's allies who have either pleaded   
   guilty or been convicted of crimes since the New York real estate mogul and   
   reality television star entered politics.   
      
   Weisselberg, 75, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump   
   Organization, reached a deal with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office,   
   pleading guilty on Thursday to 15 felonies. He admitted to failing to pay   
   taxes on some $1.7 million in income and is expected to face five months in   
   prison as well as five years of probation.   
      
   He will be required to testify at a trial related to charges against the   
   Trump Organization—set to begin in October—if prosecutors call on him to do   
   so. His testimony could prove a major factor in the outcome of that trial,   
   which some legal analysts have suggested could result in the so-called   
   "corporate death penalty" for Trump's company.   
   Weisselberg Pleads Guilty Trump Org   
   Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg (C) leaves Manhattan   
   Criminal Courthouse after pleading guilty to criminal charges tied to his   
   indictm... | TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images   
      
   Weisselberg is the latest in a list of Trump allies who have faced criminal   
   charges. Here's a guide to 10 Trump associates who have pleaded guilty or   
   have been convicted of crimes.   
   Rick Gates   
      
   Gates worked as a deputy to Paul Manafort on Trump's 2016 presidential   
   campaign. He was indicted in October of 2017 and entered a plea deal in   
   February of 2018, pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and lying to   
   investigators. In December of 2019, Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail   
   and three years of probation.   
   Paul Manafort   
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   Manafort, who chaired Trump's 2016 campaign and also worked as his campaign   
   manager, was indicted along with Gates in October of 2017. A jury found him   
   guilty of tax fraud and bank fraud in August of 2018. He also pleaded   
   guilty about a month later to charges related to money laundering, witness   
   tampering and lobbying violations.   
      
   He received a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and was released to serve the   
   remainder of the sentence from home in May of 2020. Trump pardoned Manafort   
   in December of 2020, less than a month before the end of his White House   
   term.   
   Michael Cohen   
      
   Cohen worked as an attorney for Trump from 2006 to 2018 and also as a vice   
   president of the Trump Organization. He pleaded guilty in August of 2018 to   
   eight counts, including campaign finance violations, tax fraud and bank   
   fraud. The charges also related to "hush money" payments to women who said   
   they had sexual encounters with Trump ahead of the 2016 election.   
      
   He received a three-year prison sentence in December of 2018 but was   
   released to serve the remainder from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.   
   Cohen has gone on to become one of Trump's biggest critics, regularly   
   appearing on cable news to discuss his former boss' scandals.   
   George Papadopoulos   
      
   In 2016, Papadopoulos served as an adviser to Trump's presidential   
   campaign. He pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to FBI agents regarding his   
   communication with individuals who claimed to have ties to prominent   
   Russian officials. He served 12 days in prison and 12 months of supervised   
   released. Trump granted him a full pardon in December of 2020.   
   Roger Stone   
   Roger Stone, a former adviser and confidante to former President Donald   
   Trump, gets into his vehicle in front of the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.   
   Federa... | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images   
   Roger Stone   
      
   Stone was indicted and arrested in January of 2019 on seven counts,   
   including lying to Congress, obstruction of an official proceeding and   
   witness tampering. This was related to special counsel Robert Mueller's   
   investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.   
      
   Stone was convicted and sentenced to more than three years in prison in   
   February of 2020. Trump commuted his sentence before he had to report to   
   prison in July of that year. The former president then pardoned him in   
   December of 2020.   
   Michael Flynn   
      
   The retired Army lieutenant general served as a national security adviser   
   to Trump's 2016 campaign. Flynn was then selected to serve as his national   
   security adviser but was fired after less than a month into that role after   
   it was reported he lied about his contact with Russian officials.   
      
   In December of 2017, he formalized a deal to plead guilty to making false   
   statements to the FBI regarding his Russian contacts. He later withdrew the   
   guilty plea and Trump's former attorney general, William Barr, instructed   
   the Justice Department in May of 2020 to drop all charges against him.   
   Trump issued a pardon for Flynn in November of 2020.   
   George Nader   
      
   Nader served as an informal foreign policy adviser to Trump. He was   
   indicted and reached a plea deal in January of 2020 related to charges of   
   possessing child pornography and transporting a minor for sex. In June of   
   2020, Nader was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a federal judge.   
   Elliott Broidy   
      
   Broidy was a fundraiser for Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and was   
   involved with his inaugural committee. He pleaded guilty in October of 2020   
   to carrying out a secret lobbying campaign in exchange for millions of   
   dollars. He forfeited $6.6 million in the plea deal. Trump pardoned him in   
   January of 2021, right before leaving office.   
   Steve Bannon   
   Former White House strategist Steve Bannon and his lawyer Matthew Evan   
   Corcoran talk to media outside the Federal District Court House after being   
   fou... | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images   
   Steve Bannon   
      
   Bannon served as the chief executive officer of Trump's 2016 campaign and   
   then as a White House strategist for much of 2017. He was convicted by a   
   grand jury in July of contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with   
   a subpoena to appear before the House select committee investigating the   
   January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. He will be sentenced in October   
   and faces a minimum of 30 days and up to one year in jail, as well as a   
   fine.   
      
   Bannon was indicted in August of 2020 for allegedly defrauding donors to a   
      
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