Tag Archives: Trump Organization

Tomorrow: Trump Org Criminal Trial Begins In NYC

The Washington Post reports: Trump Organization, former president Donald Trump’s namesake company, is set to go on trial Monday for alleged tax crimes — the result of a lengthy investigation into the company and its executives related to fraud and other potentially illegal business practices. Trump is not charged personally and the portion of the investigation for which he still …

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Trump Deposed In 2018 Videophone Fraud Lawsuit

Bloomberg News reports: Lawyers for investors who claim they were defrauded by Donald Trump more than a decade ago finally got a chance to depose the former president about his marketing of a failed videophone venture on “Celebrity Apprentice,” according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump, his company and his three oldest children were sued in 2018 by …

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Docs Show Trump Org Lied About Rates At His Hotels

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump’s company charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting him and his family, according to expense records newly obtained by Congress. The records show that in 40 cases the Trump Organization billed the Secret Service far …

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New York AG Asks Court To Monitor Trump’s Assets After Trump Organization Evades Service Of Complaints

Via press release from New York AG Letitia James: New York Attorney General Letitia James took action today to stop Donald Trump and the Trump Organization from continuing to engage in the significant fraudulent and illegal business activity outlined in Attorney General James’ September 2022 lawsuit pending trial. In a motion for a preliminary injunction filed today, Attorney General James …

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Trump Melts Down Over “Racist” New York AG’s Lawsuit

Rolling Stone reports: Trump responded to a new lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday by calling James a “racist” and alleging the lawsuit was a “witch hunt.” “I never thought this case would be brought — until I saw her really bad poll numbers,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “She is a fraud who campaigned …

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New York AG Rejects Settlement Offer By Trump Org

ABC News reports: The New York attorney general’s office rejected an offer this month to resolve a civil investigation into former President Donald Trump and his family real estate business, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. For more than three years, New York Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating whether Trump fraudulently adjusted the value of his …

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NYC Again Rejects Call To End Trump Golf Course Deal

ABC News reports: The New York City Parks Department has again rejected calls by members of the city council to terminate the Trump Organization’s license to operate a city-owned golf course in the Bronx. Council members on Thursday called for the “immediate termination” of the Trump Organization’s license to operate the golf course at Ferry Point Park, a month before …

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Trump Org CFO Pleads Guilty To 15 Felony Charges

NBC News reports: The chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the Trump Organization. The plea deal requires that Weisselberg “testify truthfully” about the company’s role in the alleged compensation arrangement when the Trump Organization goes on trial …

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REPORT: Trump’s CFO To Implicate Trump’s Companies

Rolling Stone reports: Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s finance chief, will say in Manhattan court Thursday that he conspired with several of the ex-president’s companies when he pleads guilty to state tax crimes, two sources familiar with the case tell Rolling Stone. As part of Weisselberg’s plea deal, he has agreed to testify against The Trump Corporation and the Trump …

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Court: Criminal Case Against Trump Org May Proceed

CBS News reports: A New York State judge ruled Friday that a criminal fraud and tax evasion prosecution against the Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, can proceed. Weisselberg and the company asked a judge in February to dismiss all 15 counts charged against them. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed one of several tax fraud counts against the Trump …

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Today: Trump Testifies Under Oath Before New York AG

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump will face questioning under oath from the New York attorney general’s office on Wednesday, a crucial turning point in a long-running civil investigation into his business practices. The stakes for Mr. Trump are uncommonly high. While he has sat for numerous depositions over the years, he fought for months to avoid the …

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9/11 Families Demand Trump Cancel Saudi Golf Event

The New York Times reports: Relatives of people killed on Sept. 11 are urging former President Donald J. Trump to cancel a Saudi-backed golf tournament set to be held this month at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. In a letter dated Sunday, members of the group 9/11 Justice asked to meet with Mr. Trump and urged him …

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Trump’s Appraiser Folds After Court’s Contempt Order

Law & Crime reports: Former President Donald Trump’s real estate appraiser Cushman & Wakefield said that it has reached an agreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James to provide subpoenaed documents in order to stay a $10,000 per day contempt order. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the OAG that relates to an interim stay of …

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Court: Trump’s Accountants Must Hand Over Records

Reuters reports: A U.S. appeals court on Friday largely upheld a congressional subpoena seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm Mazars, but said some of the lawmakers’ requests went too far. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that the Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee can obtain records from a period surrounding Trump’s 2016 …

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Trump’s Appraisers Hit With $10K/Day Contempt Fine

The New York Daily News reports: A Manhattan judge overseeing the New York attorney general’s probe into Donald Trump’s family real estate business said Wednesday that he would fine the former president’s appraising and brokerage firm $10,000 a day. State Supreme Court Justice Engoron found Cushman & Wakefield in contempt of court for refusing to comply with Attorney General Letitia …

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Trump Loses Appeal, Must Testify In New York Probe

The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump and his two eldest children to give …

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Workers Take Down Trump Signage At DC Hotel

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump is leaving Pennsylvania Avenue again. The Trump name at the former president’s D.C. hotel — on facade signs, linens, bar napkins and coasters — is set to be removed after the sale of his government lease for the property to CGI Merchant Group for a record-setting $375 million. Miami-based CGI Merchant is partnering with …

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Trump To Pay $750K To Settle Inauguration Scam Suit

The New York Times reports: The Trump family business and President Donald J. Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee have jointly agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the attorney general for the District of Columbia, who claimed that the Trump International Hotel in Washington illegally received excessive payments from the inauguration committee. The settlement in the civil suit …

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Trump Loses Attempt To Lift Contempt Of Court Charge

CNBC reports: A New York judge Friday denied a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to lift a contempt of court finding despite the submission of new sworn affidavits from Trump and his attorneys that argue he has complied with a subpoena from the state attorney general. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron said that the new affidavits …

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New York AG Nearly Done Unraveling Trump Org Scams

CNN reports: Lawyers for the New York State Attorney General’s Office said they are nearly finished with their civil investigation into the Trump Organization, after taking steps to unravel the real estate company’s assets that they described as being as complex as a “Russian nesting doll.” They still want to search two cell phones belonging to former President Donald Trump …

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