Trump wasn't supposed to be moving significant amounts of money around without notifying a court-appointed auditor. He just got caught paying himself so he could pay his taxes.

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.

    • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
      11·
      1 year ago

      You’re wrong. Anything can happen with the federal cases but this New York one will stick. The law they are using was created specifically for people like Trump that they can’t take down criminally.

      • ripcord@kbin.social
        24·
        1 year ago

        I hope you’re right but the last 6 years have eliminated 100% of confidence that you will be.

        • Telorand@reddthat.com
          121·
          1 year ago

          Your cynicism is totally understandable, but all the lawyers I’ve listened to on this one say he’s fucked. It’s just that Justice moves too slowly for the average person, so it feels like nothing is being done about his lawlessness.

          • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            17·
            1 year ago

            Dude he’s about to be elected perpetual supreme grand emperor so he can just cancel democracy.

            Cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s but penalise him already.

            • Telorand@reddthat.com
              6·
              1 year ago

              I feel you. Justice moves slowly, especially for people who have immense privilege. I want him behind bars or hidden away somewhere, never to be seen again. We’re too close to fascism to be giving people like him the benefit of the doubt.

        • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          1 year ago

          Hey, he actually paid E Jean Carroll her proceeds from the lawsuit (this was part of the transactions listed here).

          So he was actually out a little under $6M from a legal loss, and actually paid.

          Anyway, toss that toothpick on the scales opposite the sequoiah of judicial indifference.