THREE YEARS AGO, THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
LAST YEAR, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WAS CHARGED IN WHAT PROSECUTORS CALLED A “SWEEPING AND AUDACIOUS” TAX FRAUD SCHEME.
AND MONDAY, JURY SELECTION IN THAT TRIAL STARTED.
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT ON TRIAL IN THIS CASE.
THE HOLDING COMPANY FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS VENTURES IS.
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS ACCUSED OF HELPING SENIOR EXECUTIVES AVOID INCOME TAXES BY PAYING THEM OFF THE BOOKS WITH THINGS LIKE LUXURY CARS, RENT-FREE APARTMENTS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND OTHER SUBSTANTIAL UNDER-THE-TABLE COMPENSATION.
ALLEN WEISSELBERG, THE FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, IS EXPECTED TO BE A STAR-WITNESS IN THE CASE.
WEISSELBERG WAS INDICTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION. HE PLED GUILTY TO COLLECTING ALMOST 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN OFF-THE-BOOKS COMPENSATION, AND WILL NOW TESTIFY AGAINST HIS FORMER EMPLOYER OF NEARLY 5 DECADES IN EXCHANGE FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE
THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST A MONTH.
IF THE JURY REACHES A GUILTY VERDICT, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION FACES A $1.7 MILLION FINE; SMALL POTATOES COMPARED TO THE COMPANY’S ANNUAL PROFITS.
BUT BEING FOUND GUILTY COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION TO GET LOANS AND CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THE MANHATTAN DA’S OFFICE SAYS ITS INVESTIGATION INTO MR. TRUMP IS ONGOING, AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT COULD STILL BE CRIMINALLY INDICTED.
SINCE LEAVING OFFICE, THIS IS THE FIRST CASE WITH TIES TO DONALD TRUMP TO GO TO TRIAL, BUT IT LIKELY WON’T BE THE LAST.
THERE’S THE NEW YORK AG’S CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
LAST WEEK TRUMP WAS DEPOSED IN A LAWSUIT ACCUSING HIM OF RAPING A WOMAN IN THE MID 90’S.
THE FBI’S INVESTIGATION INTO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AT MAR-A-LAGO CONTINUES.
A GEORGIA SPECIAL GRAND JURY IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER TRUMP TRIED TO SWAY ELECTION RESULTS
AND THE HOUSE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE ISSUED A SUBPOENA TO TRUMP LAST WEEK.
