No. of Recommendations: 12
I wonder if this could cause Judge Engoron to delay, and perhaps increase, his fine assessment in the Trump organization fraud case brought by AG Letitia James in New York.
Perhaps it is the reason he deferred setting a final penalty. It's very difficult to put a final number to a penalty for a 30+ year crime wave whose bottom has not necessarily been plumbed.
First, the November 2023 news about $40 million dollars in various cash transfers between Trump personal and Trump corporate accounts that were not shared with the court appointed monitor.
Then the January 2024 news about a $48 million dollar "loan" that Trump appeared to fabricate between himself and a shell company of his tied to his Chicago Trump Tower that had ZERO paperwork identifying terms, rates, etc. The head legal counsel for Trump Organization may also find himself in legal trouble because in refuting any impropriety, he didn't even get the story straight. Trump himself alleged the loan was from Trump the persion to the Trump shell. The company's chief legal counsel argued back to the monitor it was the exact opposite -- the shell company lent the money to Trump. WHAAAAAAAT? It's a really good idea when you are on trial for fraud, have already lost other fraud trials and are facing multiple CRIMINAL trials to get your defendant's story straight in court.
Now finding Trump's CFO is pleading guilty to additional perjury in testimony regarding the accounting practices involved in all of these scams? Not a good look to present to a judge deciding on a nine digit civil penalty.
WTH
