The Trump Organization was hit with $1.6 million in penalties in Manhattan state court Friday after being convicted last month on all charges in a 13-year criminal tax scheme.
Former President Donald Trump was not personally charged in the scheme and defense attorneys said he was not aware of it, but the fines are nonetheless the latest setback for the former president in a series of ongoing legal woes.
A 12-person jury found the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corp., units of the Trump Organization, guilty on 17 counts in December including criminal tax fraud, conspiracy and falsifying business records. The fines totaled the maximum penalty for each of the counts.
Prosecutors said the Trump Organization criminally evaded taxes by concealing compensation to top executives in the form of perks like luxury cars and free lodging, while suppressing its payroll costs with lower reported salaries.
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<p>The Benue State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated a former governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, as a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Tim Nyor. The decision […]</p>
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<p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/climate-crisis-youths-supreme-court/index.html">Supreme Court declines appeal from youths seeking to force action on climate crisis</a> (John Fritze, CNN)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/climate/supreme-court-climate-lawsuit-juliana-children.html">A Landmark Lawsuit, Where Kids Sued America, Comes to an End</a> (Karen Zraick, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/03/25/new-supreme-court-decision-could-totally-upend-which-employers-pay-into-unemployment-benefits/">A new Supreme Court case could totally change which employers have to pay into unemployment benefits</a> (Brit Morse, Fortune) </li>
<li><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/25/americas-supreme-court-tackles-a-thorny-voting-rights-case">America’s Supreme Court tackles a thorny voting-rights case</a> (The Economist) </li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-judicial-impeachment-distraction-law-policy-deportation-gang-members-4f002f07?st=X8kTXt&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">The Judicial Impeachment Distraction</a> (William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal)</li>
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