The Trump Organization Prosecution: What Is in the Charges?
Posted on AllSides July 2nd, 2021
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ANALYSIS
The case that New York prosecutors have leveled against former President Donald Trump’s business empire and the company’s finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, is a reminder that corporations not only share rights enjoyed by individuals but they can also be indicted like people too.
The 15-count indictment made public Thursday charges the company and its longtime chief financial officer with evading payroll and income taxes over a 16-year stretch by paying off-the-book benefits to Mr. Weisselberg and other executives.
It alleges that the company skimmed payroll taxes by concealing compensation—in the form of...
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