{"id":48573,"date":"2022-12-07T07:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48573"},"modified":"2022-12-07T07:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:50:32","slug":"the-trump-organization-found-guilty-of-tax-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/the-trump-organization-found-guilty-of-tax-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Organization Found Guilty of Tax Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump<\/p><\/div>\n

Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities<\/p>\n

A jury in Manhattan has found The Trump Organization<\/strong> guilty of paying personal expenses for top executives including former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg<\/strong>, and issuing bonus checks to them as if they were independent contractors.<\/p>\n

The company faces up to $1.6 million in fines after being convicted on all charges, including scheming to defraud tax authorities, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. Trump was not charged in the case.
\nA sentencing date has been set for January 13, 2023.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for the Trump Organization said the company would appeal and that the criminal law governing corporate liability was vague.<\/p>\n

The Trump Organization is still facing a fraud lawsuit brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And Trump himself is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice<\/strong> over his handling of sensitive government documents after he left office in January 2021 and attempts to overturn the November 2020 election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump‘s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities A jury in Manhattan has found The Trump Organization guilty of paying personal expenses for top executives including former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, and issuing bonus checks to them as if they were independent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10893,678,3344,5677,8699,8900],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Donald-Trump-1.jpg?fit=664%2C380&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cDr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46259,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/trump-organization-cfo-weisselberg-pleads-guilty-to-tax-evasion\/","url_meta":{"origin":48573,"position":0},"title":"Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has pleaded guilty to all 15 of the charges he was facing for evading taxes. 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