The organization risks a millionaire fine for a dozen charges as the tycoon’s legal fronts pile up
Despite all his crimes, Al Capone went to jail for tax evasion. That won’t be the case for Donald Trump, because the lawsuit that started this Monday in Manhattan is not against him, but against the company he inherited from his father, and this from him, the Trump Organization. Since companies can’t go to jail, she will be fined up to $1.7 million if found guilty on a dozen counts. But that won’t spare him the humiliation of a very public trial that could take a month.
For starters, his lawyers and the prosecution have a difficult task ahead of them: to find twelve righteous men in New York who have no preconceived notions. “I would not have been objective,” said a woman who was excused from work on Monday as she left the court. “In my mind, he’s guilty.” He was referring to the former president, as it is his company.
The Public Prosecution Service has already proven that fraud, document forgery and tax evasion have been committed. That became clear in late August, when chief financial officer Alan Weisselberg signed his confession and agreed to testify in the lawsuit against the company in exchange for a reduced sentence. Weisselberg has worked for the Trump family for nearly half a century and is also a loyalist. He has even refused to testify directly against his former boss, whom he served for 15 years. But he is 75 and the prospect of spending his last days in prison has been hard to accept. Thanks to his testimony, which both sides agree with, he is expected to receive a five-month prison sentence, which could be reduced to three for good behavior, in addition to paying a fine of nearly two million dollars.
The Trump organization defense will say he lied when he pleaded guilty, saying he knew he was doing something wrong by accepting that a portion of his paycheck was validated in his children’s condos, cars and even college. Trump’s lawyers promise to show that he believed he was doing the right thing by trusting the company’s external auditors. Even if they fail, the company will only have to pay $1.7 million, change for the former president, who will face another civil case in New York and another criminal case in Georgia. His legal troubles are just beginning, which doesn’t stop him from “probably having to hold elections again,” he said in Texas on Friday, “to make the country successful, safe and glorious again.”
United States President Joe Biden assured Sunday that it is “perfectly legitimate” for voters to assess his health as concerns about his advanced age mount and the midterm elections, scheduled for next Nov. 8, approach. . In that sense, he defended that, despite the fact that “he may drop dead tomorrow,” his energy is what matters most. In recent days, the debate over Biden’s health has been rekindled after several videos in which he appears disoriented. Despite this, the Democratic leader maintains his desire to run for a second term in the White House, although he would already be 81 years old by then.
Source: La Verdad
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