Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organisation, has surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney for arraignment on a new criminal charge, the prosecutor’s office said.

The district attorney did not immediately disclose the nature of the charge, but people familiar with the investigation had previously told reporters that prosecutors were considering charging the 76-year-old with perjuring himself during his testimony at Mr Trump’s civil business fraud trial last October.

Mr Weisselberg’s lawyer, Seth Rosenberg, did not immediately return a request for comment.