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Allen Weisselberg, Former Trump Organization CFO Gets Released From NYC Jail
The 75-year-old emerged from New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex facing the same pressures he was under three months ago, when he started serving time for tax evasion.
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Jury Finds Trump Organization Guilty of All Charges in Tax Fraud Trial
A jury found the Trump Organization guilty on all counts of tax fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy stemming from a 15-year scheme to compensate top executives off the books.
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Trump Organization's Longtime CFO Chokes Up, Says He Betrayed Trust
Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he betrayed the Trump family’s trust by scheming to dodge taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid perks, including a Manhattan apartment and luxury cars.
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Trump Organization's Longtime CFO Testifies Against the Company in Fraud Trial
The Trump Organization’s longtime finance chief has testified at trial that he saved it hundreds of thousands of dollars by scheming to evade taxes on company-paid perks, including a Manhattan apartment and luxury cars.
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Weisselberg Testifies in Trump Org Tax Fraud Trial
Allen Weisselberg, a senior adviser and former chief financial officer at Trump’s company, has intimate knowledge of the company’s financial dealings from his nearly five decades working there. But he is not expected to implicate Trump or any members of the Trump family in his testimony. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Judge Approves Independent Monitor to Oversee Trump Organization Financial Reporting in Win for New York AG
The ruling is a significant blow to Donald Trump and his three adult children named in a sweeping lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general.
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Supreme Court's Chief Justice Temporarily Blocks Release of Trump Tax Returns to House Panel
Chief Justice John Roberts has put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee. Roberts’ order Tuesday gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump’s emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday.
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Trump Organization Faces Criminal Tax Fraud Trial Over Perks
Donald Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud — on the hook for what prosecutors say was a 15-year scheme by top officials to hide the plums and avoid paying taxes.
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Trump Org. Charged Secret Service Up to $1,185 Per Night to Stay at Trump Properties
Documents obtained by Congress show the Secret Service was charged rates above the government rate at least 40 times from Jan. 20, 2017 to Sept. 15, 2021.
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NY AG Suing Trump, 3 Children for Business Fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued former president Donald Trump and his three adult children, Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka and top executives at the Trump Organization for fraud.
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Donald Trump Sued for Fraud by NY Attorney General — With Criminal Referral to IRS
Donald Trump and members of his family committed a long-running bank, tax and insurance fraud that was “astounding” in its scope, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a blockbuster and long-awaited lawsuit on Wednesday. And while the suit is only civil, James is referring the former president and his family to the IRS’s criminal division, and to...
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Ex-Trump Org. Official Allen Weisselberg Expected to Plead Guilty in Tax Case
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges tied to his indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in an investigation of the former president’s businesses, according to two people familiar with the matter and a public court filing. Weisselberg’s plea could come as soon as Thursday at 9 a.m. Terms of the...
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Trump Invokes Fifth Amendment Nearly 450 Times in NY AG's Civil Probe of His Business Practices
Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn’t answer questions under oath in the long-running New York civil investigation into his business dealings.
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Would Ivana Trump's Gravesite at Trump National Golf Club Be Tax Benefit for Trump Org?
If Ivana Trump’s final resting place indeed is at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, designating the property a cemetery could provide multiple tax exemptions for the Trump Organization
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Trump Sells Washington Hotel to Miami-Based Investor Group
The lease to the Washington hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president has been sold to a Miami-based investor fund. The Trump Organization said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of rights to run the Trump International Hotel to CGI Merchant Group of Miami for what it described as a record price per room for...
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DC Reaches $750K Settlement in Trump Inaugural Lawsuit
As part of the agreement, the defendants will pay the District of Columbia a total of $750,000, which will be used to benefit three nonprofit organizations, the settlement paperwork says.
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Trump Appeals Contempt Finding Associated With His $10,000-A-Day Fine
Former President Donald Trump filed to appeal the civil contempt finding and the associated $10,000 daily fine against him in New York State Court. The filing was telegraphed Wednesday by his attorney, Alina Habba. A New York judge held former president Donald Trump in contempt on Monday over his lack of response to a subpoena from the state’s attorney general,…
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New York Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Failing to Comply With Subpoena
A New York judge held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena for business documents related to an investigation by the state attorney general’s office, and he will be fined $10,000 per day until he complies.
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Trump Held in Contempt by NY Judge, Faces $10,000 a Day in Fines
A New York judge held former president Donald Trump in contempt on Monday over his lack of response to a subpoena from the state’s attorney general, and ordered him to pay $10,000 a day in fines until he complies. Attorney General Letitia James sought the contempt order earlier this month, saying Trump was not following a previous order to turn…
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Trump ‘Guilty of Numerous Felony Violations,' NYC Prosecutor Who Led Probe Says
A prosecutor who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations” and he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment.