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Manhattan District Attorney Indicts Trump Organization and CFO for Financial Crimes

Christiana Wayne
Thursday, July 1, 2021, 2:54 PM

The Manhattan District Attorney indicted the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg on 15 counts of financial crimes.

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On July 1, a New York grand jury indicted the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg on 15 counts. The charges include scheme to defraud in the first degree, conspiracy in the fourth degree, grand larceny in the second degree and criminal tax fraud in the third degree. Weisselberg pleaded not guilty to all charges. The indictment is part of a long-running criminal investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and New York Attorney General Leticia James into the former president’s business practices.

You can read the indictment here or below.


Christiana Wayne is a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill studying history and English. She is an intern at Lawfare.

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