Donald Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, was found guilty on Tuesday of financial and tax fraud after a trial in New York where the former Republican president was not tried, Manhattan prosecutor Alvin announced. Bragg.
The jury, which withdrew Monday to deliberate after more than a month of hearings, “declared the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation guilty on all counts”, indicated on his Twitter account Mr. Bragg.
The two companies were tried for tax evasion and falsification of accounting statements, in particular with the aim of hiding financial compensation from certain senior executives from the tax services.
“It’s a matter of greed and cheating. In Manhattan, no company is above the law, “said prosecutor Bragg in a press release, specifying that this was the first time that a Donald Trump company had been convicted of criminal proceedings. . The billionaire is now officially in the running to be the Republican presidential candidate of 2024.
“For 13 years, the Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation have evaded the law by awarding high-level executives lavish benefits and compensation, while intentionally concealing these benefits from tax authorities to avoid paying taxes,” he added.
The sentence should be pronounced on January 13, 2023, specifies the prosecutor.
In this case, the former financial director of the family group, Allen Weisselberg, reached an agreement with justice in August and pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud and tax evasion relating to 1.76 million dollars of undeclared income between 2005 and 2021. This relative of the Trump family testified during the trial of the company, a group which notably manages hotels, golf courses and real estate investments.
At the start of the trial, Donald Trump denounced a “witch hunt” by the Democrats against him.