Trump Organization Convicted on All Charges in Criminal Tax-Fraud Case

A criminal court jury in Manhattan found the Trump Organization guilty on all charges in a criminal tax fraud scheme on Tuesday.

The Trump Corporation was convicted on nine criminal counts, while the Trump Payroll Corporation was found guilty of eight criminal counts. Both corporations are a part of the Trump Organization. The 17 counts include scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.

The two corporations face criminal penalties of up to $1.6 million. Jurors deliberated for just over a day before reaching a verdict.

Former president Donald Trump was not charged in the case and claimed in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that the district attorney’s office had been “fighting a political Witch Hunt for D.C. against ‘Trump.'”

The Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg were indicted last year, with prosecutors alleging that the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporations paid their “already highly paid executives,” even more by “cheating on their taxes” between 2005 and June 2021. The company relied on off-the-books benefits including luxury cars and free apartments.