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Image collage of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (left) and former President Donald Trump (right)

Trump’s Hush Money is News Again. Here’s Why We Should Care

A criminal investigation of former president Donald Trump now being restarted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and also discussed in a new book by one of his former…

Pomerantz vs. Pomerantz: An Annotation of His Leaked Resignation Letter in Manhattan DA Trump Investigation

"Many of the assertions in the book, rather than support Pomerantz's resignation letter, cast a very different impression of his prior claims."

The Curious Case of Alvin Bragg — Reconsidering the DA’s Trump investigation

An expert analysis of how Manhattan' District Attorney Alvin Bragg may be playing a multi-level chess game in prosecution of Trump entities and associates.
Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after his arraignment in State Supreme Court on July 01, 2021 in Lower Manhattan in New York City.

How to Read the Weisselberg and Trump Entities Indictment: A Conversation with Andrew Weissmann

After the first wave of commentary, a discussion of how the prosecutors can obtain Weisselberg's testimony even if he does not cooperate, what the indictment and arraignment hearing…
Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg surrounded by people leaves a New York court on July 01, 2021 in New York City.

The Weisselberg Indictment Is Not A “Fringe Benefits” Case

"The scheme is far different from simple failure to pay taxes on fringe benefits, which is how the indictment has been widely misunderstood, thanks in part to Trump’s defense…
Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after his arraignment in State Supreme Court on July 01, 2021 in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Staff surround him. Some wear face masks.

Allen Weisselberg’s Post-Indictment Strategic Considerations

What Weisselberg has to, and does not have to, worry about. Analysis by former IRS Criminal Investigation supervisory special agent, with comment from former Chief Assistant in…

Does Cy Vance Already Have the Trump Organization Tax Returns?

The Manhattan DA may already have obtained the pertinent New York state tax returns for the Trump Organization and its executives, including Trump and his family. If this is the…
Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump makes a statement to the news media after testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 27, 2019 in Washington, DC.

‘Fixer’ Unbound: Public Confidence in Attorneys, Not Just the President, at Stake

Lawyers may be judged by the company they keep, but not by the clients they represent. Attorneys routinely advocate positions they disfavor on behalf of clients whose views and…
Trump check to Michael Cohen for $35,000 on 8/1/2017

Can Trump Organization Executives Be Prosecuted for Money Laundering?

"Michael Cohen has painted a target on Trump Organization executives in court and Congress. If prosecutors and grand jurors accept the evidence presented in Cohen’s SDNY sentencing…
People walk through Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on August 24, 2018 in New York City.

Ruminations on RICO and Asset Forfeiture in the Trump Business Empire

Garrett Graff provided an excellent summary in Wired of the seventeen Trump-related investigations currently open. The settlement of fraud allegations against Trump University…

Trump’s Bookkeeper: How Prosecutors Could Easily Prove Tax Crimes for Hush Money Reimbursements

Federal and state prosecutors' textbook strategy looks likely to prove tax crimes based on SDNY's court filings in Michael Cohen's sentencing .

Did Trump Organization Executives Cook the Books?–Tax Crimes Explained under Federal and State Law

Cohen sentencing points to likely falsification of corporate accounting and tax fraud. So which Trump Executives are liable?
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