Trump’s company fined $1.6 million for tax fraud

Colombia Noticias Noticias

Trump’s company fined $1.6 million for tax fraud
Colombia Últimas Noticias,Colombia Titulares

Outside the courtroom, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, said he wished the law had allowed for a more serious penalty. “I want to be very clear: we don’t think that …

By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press

Neither the former president nor his children, who helped run the Trump Organization, were in the courtroom. Besides the company, only one executive was charged in the case: former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty last summer to evading taxes on $1.7 million in compensation. He was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail.

Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass told jurors Trump had a role, showing them a lease that the Republican signed himself for Weisselberg’s apartment.Weisselberg also attempted to take responsibility on the witness stand, saying nobody in the Trump family knew what he was doing. He choked up as he told jurors, “It was my own personal greed that led to this.”

 

Colombia Últimas Noticias, Colombia Titulares



Render Time: 2025-01-09 17:14:38