The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million on Friday for its conviction on 17 counts of tax fraud and other charges.
judge on Friday in Manhattan handed down the maximum possible punishment with a $810,000 fine on the Trump Corporation and a $800,000 fine on Trump Payroll.
Neither the former president nor his family were charged in connection to the investigation into the Trump Organization. Trump has also denied any knowledge of executives in his company evading taxes illegally. In the main image, Donald Trump Jr. is seen at a rally at Dalton Regional Airport on January 4, 2021, in Dalton, Georgia. The smaller picture shows Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on August 24, 2018, in New York City. The Trump Organization was fined $1.6 million on Friday in connection to tax fraud convictions. Hours later, Trump Jr. posted a joke on social media about paying taxes.
"Ironic message coming from a Trump ~ I paid over $100k in Fed taxes the same year ya daddy paid 0 ~ you ain't got no room to whine about where taxes are going because you don't pay any junior," wrote one person.
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