Jimmy Williams Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive from Donald Trump’s real estate empire, received a five-month jail sentence on Wednesday for lying under oath during testimony in a civil fraud lawsuit filed against the former president by New York’s attorney general. The Manhattan federal court judge, Laura Taylor Swain, condemned …
Read More »NY Judge Rules Trump Defrauded Banks, Insurers by Overvaluing His Worth and Assets
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump—the twice-impeached GOP presidential front-runner facing 91 federal and state criminal charges in four separate cases—committed fraud over years while building his real estate businesses. The Associated Press reports Judge Arthur Engoron of the New York Supreme Court’s 1st …
Read More »Trump Overstated Net Worth By Up To $2.2 billion, NY AG Says
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has alleged that former President Donald Trump overstated his net worth by hundreds of millions to over $2 billion each year between 2011 and 2021. These claims were made in an August 4 filing seeking a partial summary judgment in the …
Read More »Judge Grants NY AG’s Request for Independent Monitor to Oversee Trump Organization
A New York judge on Thursday granted the state Attorney General Letitia James‘ request for an independent monitor to supervise the businesses of former President Donald Trump, who is a defendant in a fraud lawsuit recently filed by James. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued an order approving James’ …
Read More »Ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to 15 Felonies, Set to Testify Against Trump Organization
Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg on Thursday pleaded guilty to 15 felonies related to tax fraud in New York state court and is set to serve only five months in jail on Rikers Island if he testifies during the trial of the ex-president’s family business. “Today Allen …
Read More »Trump Pleads the Fifth in New York AG Probe
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to answer questions from New York Attorney General Letitia James about his business dealings, explaining he was invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. “I have absolutely no choice because the current administration and many prosecutors in this country have lost all moral …
Read More »Trump Organization Accounting Firm Quits; Retracts A Decade Of Financial Records
Former President Donald Trump‘s accounting firm, Mazars, has cut ties with his company. It also informed the Trump Organization that it should no longer rely on almost ten years’ worth of financial statements. Mazars wrote in a letter to the Trump Organization chief legal officer last week, informing them to …
Read More »New York AG Says She Has ‘significant evidence’ of Trump Organization Fraud
On Tuesday night, New York Attorney General Letitia James said that former President Donald Trump’s family business misrepresented the value of its assets to obtain loans and other financial benefits, claiming her office had found “significant evidence” of fraud committed by the Trump Organization. James made the accusations in a …
Read More »NY Attorney General Subpoenas Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump
New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued subpoenas for Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump as part of a probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices, the Associated Press reported. The subpoenas requested testimony from Ivanka and Donald Jr. as well as documents “in connection with an investigation into …
Read More »Trump Hotel In D.C. Lost $70 Million During His Presidency
Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million during his four-year term at his Washington, D.C., hotel despite taking in millions from foreign governments, according to a report from a congressional committee investigating his business. The House Committee on Oversight and Improvement said the luxury hotel, just a …
Read More »Trump Organization and its CFO charged with tax-related crimes
Following a two-year investigation, Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg and the company were charged by the Manhattan district attorney with financial crimes, including scheme conspiracy, grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records. Both the organization and Weisselberg have pleaded not guilty on all charges. The 73-year-old was pictured …
Read More »Manhattan grand jury indicts Trump Organization, CFO Allen Weisselberg
A special grand jury in Manhattan has voted to indict former President Donald Trump‘s namesake firm, The Trump Organization, and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. The charges contained in the indictment are expected to be unsealed Thursday afternoon, the sources said, when Weisselberg and a representative of the Trump …
Read More »Trump Organization Is Suing New York City For Canceling A Contract
The Trump Organization is suing New York City for canceling a contract with Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx. The lawsuit accuses the city’s Mayor Bill de Blasio of terminating the contract after the deadly January 6 attack. “Mayor de Blasio has a preexisting, politically based predisposition …
Read More »New York Attorney General Opens Criminal Probe Into Trump Organization
New York Attorney General Letitia James has expanded an investigation into the Trump Organization to include possible criminal offenses, her office said. James’ office had already been investigating the former president’s business empire, but only for possible civil offenses. Officials announced the expansion on Tuesday night The New York investigation …
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