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submitted 11 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world

A court-ordered financial auditor has caught Donald Trump quietly moving $40 million from the Trump Organization into a personal bank account—seemingly so the former president could pay his whopping $29 million tax bill.

Trump isn’t supposed to be moving any money around without alerting Barbara S. Jones, a former federal judge in New York tasked with babysitting the Trump Organization for its relentlessly shady business practices. But on Wednesday, she notified a New York state court about some major bank transfers that were never brought to her attention by the Trumps.

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 124 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So again….. why is he not in prison again?

EDIT: I’d love for the cowards that are downvoting this to stand up, be counted, and speak their mind.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because the US has never had a former president get caught so badly and there isn't precedent for this.

Particularly in that he's running for president again, is the presumptive GOP nominee based on poll data, and the Supreme Court is functionally in his pocket.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah people need to accept that he's never going to jail. Best we can hope for is to keep him bogged down in lawsuits and appeals until he dies of big Mac overdose

[-] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I honestly never imagined anything would actually make it to court, so I'm not so sure of that anymore.

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