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Trump's company could face criminal charges in New York City

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Trump's second act is going to be fun...

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Whine about it all you want, Cult 45ers. The law is the law.

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Political warfare through police powers. Shameful.

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The criminality is clear. There is documentation of fraud of every kind on a massive level. People are going to prison.

Tick Tock, Don.

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It was always a criminal organization, someone just had to look.

Thanks to donald’s presidency they are.

Its hilarious that donald being president is what will result in his criminal organization getting dismantled.

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It might work out well for donald’s family, being poor may lead to jr kicking his coke habit!

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Trump has already written himself into history books, except perhaps those written by fellow dishonest and ultra right wingers like Bill O'Reilly as the most dishonest politician in US history,

and also as one of the most dishonest businessmales ever. Yet his white nationalist base remain slavishly devoted to him. Cult of personality, after all.

Donald Trump’s history of corruption: a comprehensive review

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/9/28/12904136/donald-trump-corrupt

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Oh, more tax payer money wasted. They’re going to let’s see try yet another way to keep him from running, maybe they can financially drain him, he’s not going to prison, they want to re-litigate old cases and trying to find anything to tie the guy down in the hopes they can find a way to get as much of his assets as they possibly can. Now it makes sense why they silenced Rudy. The stupid and most revealing thing about all this is, they think (again) they got the guy pegged and he's hired some of the best lawyers money can buy, even blowing OJ's defense dream team out of the water, but they want to try again, go for it, attempt number 4.

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Waited decades for this show and my popcorn's ready, which is not to say there'll be a happy end (for the cause of justice in America).

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Over all the years all the people Trump ripped off Karma is a wonderful thing...its a coming and wont stop coming enjoy the rest of your natural life Don.

No, this will be over faster than you think. Because in the end, the haters want Trump to pay out, it might be a bit rough for awhile, but he has enough assets to fight these political jackals. It won’t stop the man from running which is the actual point of this, but they will continue to try anyway.

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but he has enough assets to fight these political jackals

I think you're vastly overestimating his fortune. But it's understandable, since his whole life has been spent overestimating it himself.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/9/30/21496545/donald-trump-finances-personal-wealth-billionaire-taxes-mona-charen-2020-election

It won’t stop the man from running which is the actual point of this

Conspiracy theories are fairy tales for adults.

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The last guy’s supporters are suddenly against ‘a day in court’ and seem to have become rather soft on crime. What’s up with that?

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How fringe benefits given to some employees are classified for tax purposes.

Extremely rare to try to criminalize this. But hey it’s orange guy name on the company so that explains it.

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nearly the entire case depends on information given by an ex wife. who is making a claim against the grandpa of her child that he provided her a tax free apartment and paid the child’s tuition. How nasty and ungrateful.

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I think you're vastly overestimating his fortune.

No because when you have a lot of money, you always think ahead and always understand a possible worst case scenario that could arise. You invest, diversify and move your money into other assets. I learned this from my own parents. People with wealth always have multiple options and Trump is no different, the guy is not worried, overall doesn’t need to be, maybe annoyed understandably. But he wouldn’t announce or tell everyone where he keeps a lot of his wealth and he doesn’t.

Conspiracy theories are fairy tales for adults.

Yup. Lol

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Yet unlike fairy tales, I have seen many things Dems called “conspiracy theories” actually come true.

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donald has so much money that he needs to steal from a children’s cancer charity!!!

eric was on faux whining about how much these investigations are costing them.

Bankruptcy is coming soon!!!

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These are likely to be the first of a series of indictments.

The best part is that Trump org is leveraged to the hilt. Any indictments will cause the banks to call in the loans immediately and there is NO way he has or will be able to get the funds to pay them.

The Trump “org” (fraud racket) will go bankrupt. Most of his assists will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

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donald has so much money that he needs to steal from a children’s cancer charity!!!

The left really don’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to their programs that are deeply as bad and disturbing.

eric was on faux whining about how much these investigations are costing them.

Well, defending yourself is not cheap, but if that what it takes.

Bankruptcy is coming soon!!!

And like he did before, use the law and restructure himself as he has done before, I hope so, best thing he could do to ward off the political jackals

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I will send the proof in the same package as your proof of Trump's Russian collusion.

I guess you forgot to read the article I posted. Here it is again:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/bipartisan-senate-report-shows-2016-trump-russia-collusion.html

In a court of law, any defendant is entitled to a presumption of innocence. In the court of public opinion, the rules work differently. All the evidence points to the conclusion that Trump colluded with Russia and persuaded his top lieutenants to cover up their guilt. The traditional investigative technique of exposing a corrupt organization by flipping the mid-level staff against the boss doesn’t work when the boss has the power to pardon them and is shameless enough to use it. But the bipartisan Senate report has laid bare enough of the reality that was clear all along: They acted guilty because they were guilty.

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Trump for years creates companies that scam everyone that comes in contact with them, and somehow the right thinks that's not criminal?

As pathetic as Trump's actions were, the right is more pathetic for supporting them. He's a moron. They empowered that moron.

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But to be called a conspiracy theory it can never come true. Like a fairy tale.

its sad that all liberals have left is their hope that all these targeted investigations over nothing will bankrupt Trump, his family and friends whether anything found or not.

that’s not justice or fairness. It’s petty. It’s called finding the man then “looking” for a crime.

look at the articles. “Hey we might find the crime as early as next week!”

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The entire Trump criminal enterprise is now crashing down....it's easy to see why he is clinging to The Big Lie - his only hope of not ending up at Rikers Island is to scream "steal" to stay in office ...even though Rudy admitted in court under oath he was not alleging fraud...

Tax and insurance indictments are just the tip of the iceberg - and it will drag in Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, and many others...

And that is just the criminal investigation - he's facing 29 civil lawsuits - any wonder he is fleecing the flock with his "uncheck the box" contribution scam?

With the same prosecutors that took down the Gambino and Gotti crime families, Trump and his criminal cabal will all soon be learning a new skill - making license plates...

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its sad that all liberals have left is their hope that all these targeted investigations over nothing

What's sad is that you think that the Manhattan DA, along with a few others DAs investigating Trump, really have nothing better to do with their lives than target the previous president for "no reason". That's not how the justice system works in America.

It’s called finding the man then “looking” for a crime.

I see a lot of parallels between what's happening here for Trump and what happened for president Sarkozy in France. The entire right wing screamed "witch hunt" (in French) and swore he was innocent. He's now facing actual jail time after being found very guilty. Two thumbs up.

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its sad that all liberals have left is their hope that all these targeted investigations over nothing will bankrupt Trump, his family and friends whether anything found or not.

Over nothing? lmao Donald is a scumbag and always will be. His lawyer went to jail for campaign finance violations, and Donald should too, except her packed the FEC with Trump loyalists.

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Well good luck in your “witch hunt” then? None of them have been especially productive by the end.

its been like 5 years on this one to maybe find some fringe payments that were taxed incorrectly. It’s not a big deal and almost never “criminal”. Could find the same thing at Amazon or Facebook if someone cares e ouch to look.

Criminal tax cases against individuals for not paying taxes on corporate benefits are rare and are often handled with civil settlements and penalties, tax lawyers say,

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But to be called a conspiracy theory it can never come true. Like a fairy tale.

Where did you come up with this silly idea?

Words don't just suddenly mean something different because you make up a new meaning. No one has ever defined a conspiracy theory that way until you just did.

You shifted the goalposts to Mars.

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It’s always the months and years of speculation about what is 100% gonna happen!

then we look back later, and really nothing much ever did. Then when asked, the speculators say “we never said that.....”

remember when Trump Jr was going to jail by Christmas? That was cute. Especially considering the guy who claimed it is....wait for it.,..in jail! For actual extortion.

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If he didn't do anything, then how could they charge him?

Even if the morons on the right are correct that it was a political decision to investigate Trump, if Trump hadn't done anything illegal there would be nothing to prosecute.

If anything, this is just a further example of his incompetence, he was stupid enough to become president and tweet every day, focusing attention on him, even though he was running a criminal organization.

Really not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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The entire Trump criminal enterprise is now crashing down....it's easy to see why he is clinging to The Big Lie - his only hope of not ending up at Rikers Island is to scream "steal" to stay in office ...even though Rudy admitted in court under oath he was not alleging fraud...

What criminal enterprise, what nutty thing did Andrew Weismann say this time? Fat chance Trump going to jail. Nadler has been trying that for 30 years. As a lawyer he forgets, you need to commit a crime first.

And that is just the criminal investigation - he's facing 29 civil lawsuits - any wonder he is fleecing the flock with his "uncheck the box" contribution scam?

Guess, he might have to right checks especially if it involves taxes, so the government wants their money so jail is out.

With the same prosecutors that took down the Gambino and Gotti crime families,

What? So that means then when the GOP take the House Joe and Hunter have a lot to look forward to.

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That’s why they talking about they “might” charge him. But it’s not really even “him” just the company with his name on it.

If he didn't do anything, then how could they charge him?

ever heard of charges being dropped? Like the 100s of riot charges against Antifa/BLM?

so simply being “charged” indicates guilt now? There can be no false charges in our system? I have some Black people who want to talk to you if you think so. It used to be called being “railroaded”. Still happens today.

But yeah when it’s orange guy even being accused = guilt

well to the haters anyway.

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Trump the crook lost more than $1 billion since Jan 6. Business is failing.

Not the first time and when you have money, you will always have a fallback, I lost a lot, rebuilt a lot back, that’s the fun thing about money, you’ll always find a way. If you don’t know how to make it, then you’re in trouble. Trump doesn’t have that problem. Weissman make your move.

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Well good luck in your “witch hunt” then? None of them have been especially productive by the end.

Who’s President now?

I’d say it was pretty productive.

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It’s always the months and years of speculation about what is 100% gonna happen! 

then we look back later, and really nothing much ever did. Then when asked, the speculators say “we never said that.....”

Are you taking about Bass?

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There’ll be no restructuring this time around, donald’s Presidency ensured his crimes are known to all.

I am laughing that what finally will bring down this criminal business is donald’s Presidency!!!!

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A true story of the Trump and China connection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQTmjzMaPE

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If donald had kept all the money he got from his dad in a bank, he’d have more money than he has now.

The myth of him being a great businessman was built by him, using gullible people. That lie is coming apart now, along with his businesses.

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There’ll be no restructuring this time around,

Then that’s great for Trump, he could legally sue if that right is not awarded to him, especially if he’s hit with a financial obligation.

I am laughing that what finally will bring down this criminal business is donald’s Presidency!!!!

Yes, Democrats have been trying for 5 years and Nadler 30 and they end up being more disappointed and angrier each time.

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bass4funkToday  11:17 am JST

Yes, Democrats have been trying for 5 years and Nadler 30 and they end up being more disappointed and angrier each time.

How would any case against Trump get anywhere when it would inevitably come before the pre-2021 GOP majority in the Senate? They would have voted to acquit him even if he really had shot someone in broad daylight on 5th Avenue, and the usual GOP shills would have been here all day day after day making excuses for him.

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The entire Trump criminal enterprise is now crashing down....it's easy to see why he is clinging to The Big Lie - his only hope of not ending up at Rikers Island is to scream "steal" to stay in office ...even though Rudy admitted in court under oath he was not alleging fraud...

What criminal enterprise, what nutty thing did Andrew Weismann say this time? Fat chance Trump going to jail. Nadler has been trying that for 30 years. As a lawyer he forgets, you need to commit a crime first.

As a non-lawyer, too bad Trump forgot that too, while he was fraudulently de-valuing his assets to pay less tax... He'll get a reminder next week.

And that is just the criminal investigation - he's facing 29 civil lawsuits - any wonder he is fleecing the flock with his "uncheck the box" contribution scam?

Guess, he might have to right checks especially if it involves taxes, so the government wants their money so jail is out.

That's what John Gotti said - before he was sentenced to jail...

With the same prosecutors that took down the Gambino and Gotti crime families,

What? So that means then when the GOP take the House Joe and Hunter have a lot to look forward to.

Joe and Hunter, and all of us, can look forward to watching Don, Don Jr, and Eric being led off in handcuffs....Ivanka crying...and Melania smiling...

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bass4funkToday  10:01 am JST

What? So that means then when the GOP take the House Joe and Hunter have a lot to look forward to.

That will be okay though, won't it, because it'll be people you approve of going after people you disapprove of, but it's a travesty of justice and a pointless taxpayer-funded witch hunt when it's the other way round.

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How would any case against Trump get anywhere when it would inevitably come before the pre-2021 GOP majority in the Senate? They would have voted to acquit him even if he really had shot someone in broad daylight on 5th Avenue, and the usual GOP shills would have been here all day day after day making excuses for him.

Liberals might be taken more seriously and get more support if their motives weren’t that obvious. They showed their hand time after time and Trump was not Bush. Bush allowed the left to define him and punch back, Trump being a former liberal used the same asinine tactics they used on conservatives and guess what? The left can’t stand it! They can’t stand being hit with their own gutter and dirty tricks and Trump made it ok to punch back at the liberal smear machine.

That will be okay though, won't it, because it'll be people you approve of going after people you disapprove of, but it's a travesty of justice and a pointless taxpayer-funded witch hunt when it's the other way round.

Not if it’s justified, if it were I would, but all this has to do with Trump prior to him getting into politics and since the Democrats could not get this guy on impeachment twice and with the Russian collusion hoax witchhunt, this is the latest tactic to try and do whatever they can to make sure the guy doesn’t run, and that will fail as well.

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How fringe benefits given to some employees are classified for tax purposes.

Extremely rare to try to criminalize this. But hey it’s orange guy name on the company so that explains it.

Not so unusual. When I was a line manager at FedEx we were giving employees things like TVs and laptops as productivity rewards. Then the IRS notified us we had to add the value of their rewards to their pay and deduct taxes accordingly. That pretty much took the wind out of our sails and the program was ended when the rewardees didn't want to lose so much money out of their paycheck to taxes.

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I’m sadly a former liberal so I recognize this.

Treat people unfairly claiming its justified because something else was done to you first. “They criticized Obama tan suit so we can witch hunt Trump!”

then once you lose power expect (and be correct) weak Republicans to have mercy on you and not do the same things that you did to them. Obstruct the entire time.

get power again, make up a new aggression or reuse Obamas sleeveless dress, then back on the attack.

this went on for decades Pre-Trump. The RINOs never learned. We Dems could always count on that!

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Someone here steadfastly insisted Mr. Trump would win re-election right up to the day the electoral votes were counted by the House and Senate. Someone was wrong. Now someone insists Mr. Trump will never be convicted and go to jail. In the fullness of time we will know the truth. Just me but I would say the probability in a mathematical sense ( I do statistics for a living ) favor eventual conviction for one or more crimes. But like I said, time will tell.

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