As the questioning of witnesses continued this morning at former President Donald Trump trial in New York where he is accused of “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” to inflate Trump’s net worth while lowering his tax burden, Judge Arthur Engoron issued an order outlining the next steps to dissolve Trump’s companies.
Last week, Engoron found that Trump and his adult sons used fraudulent documents to conduct business and ordered the cancellation of his business certificates. Trump appealed that ruling yesterday.
In today’s order, Engoron asks the defendants to provide a list of “entities controlled or beneficially owned by Donald J. Trump” and the other co-defendants to the Hon. Barbara S. Jones, the independent monitor overseeing Trump’s business activities. Trump is also required to notify Jones of any news business applications or changes to preexisting entities.
If this keeps up I will no longer need to eat. I will be solely nourished by this delicious schadenfreude
Inb4 nothing happens. Because nothing ever happens. I was hopeful 6 years ago, I’m broken now.
The absolute best thing that can happen is for trump to panic and start grabbing whatever insurance policy money he’s hidden with the Russian mafia.
The microscope up trump’s ass will give hard evidence of where their money is hidden. Putin and his friends’ money.
The more important implication of this order is that he’ll have to disclose who his foreign investors are.
He’s supposed to. Given his track-record, I wouldn’t be surprised if he flat-out omits the almost certain skeletons in his investor closet. If the prosecution can catch him in one of those lies however, there could be fireworks…
Not familiar with us law, but why wouldn’t the IRS have this record?
Money flows through many holes to avoid the IRS knowing about it. It’s part of the reason why things like offshore tax havens are so successful. Companies work very hard to make sure their profits are hidden, trump is no different
