The jury found that two entities of Trump’s company were found guilty of the criminal tax fraud charges, which also included scheme to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. The sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13.Trump himself was not charged in the case, but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg noted that the juror rendered the first criminal convictions against Trump’s companies.“This was a case about greed and cheating.
At the heart of the case were claims that Weisselberg and other executives at the company received compensation in the form of “off the books” personal expenses which went unreported on tax forms. Prosecutors claim that Weisselberg received about $1.76 million in unreported compensation that included rent for a luxury apartment and a Mercedes Benz for he and his wife, as well as payement of hus grandchildren’s private school tuition.
The conviction is just one aspect of mounting legal woes facing Trump, who announced his 2024 presidential run. He has since faced considerable criticism for hosting Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who traffic in antisemitism, for dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Over the weekend, Trump called for the “termination” of the Constitution to do a rerun of the 2020 presidential election after reports surfaced about Twitter’s content moderation during the campaign that year.
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