Two companies by Donald Trump, candidate for the White House for 2024, were found guilty Tuesday of tax fraud and falsification of accounting declarations. The sentence should be pronounced on January 13.
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The family conglomerate of Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, was found guilty on Tuesday, December 6 of financial and tax fraud after a trial against two of his companies in New York, where the former Republican president was Not judged, announced the Manhattan prosecutor, Alvin Bragg.
The jury, who retired on Monday to deliberate after more than a month of hearings, “said Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation guilty about all the counts,” said on his Twitter account Alvin Bragg. “For the first time in our life, a jury condemned the company of a former president for criminal charges,” said the prosecutor on the social network.
The two companies were tried for tax fraud and falsifications of accounting declarations, in particular with the aim of hiding from the tax services financial compensation for certain senior leaders.
a “witch hunt” for Donald Trump
“It is a case of greed and cheating. In Manhattan, no company is above the law,” said the prosecutor Bragg again in a press release, adding that he The first time was the company of Donald Trump was sentenced to criminal. The billionaire is now officially in the running to be the republican presidential candidate of 2024.
“For thirteen years, the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation escaped the law by granting high -level executives of sumptuous advantages and remuneration, while intentionally concealing these advantages to the tax authorities to avoid paying taxes, “he added. The sentence should be pronounced on January 13, specifies the prosecutor.
In this file, the former financial director of the family group, Allen Weisselberg, reached an agreement with the justice in August and pleaded guilty of fifteen charges of tax fraud and evasion of 1.76 million Dollars of unconcluded income between 2005 and 2021. This close to the Trump family testified during the company’s trial, a group which notably manages hotels, golf courses and real estate investments.
At the opening of the trial, Donald Trump had denounced a “witch hunt” of the Democrats against him.