A newly unsealed court document shows the Trump Organization was fined $4,000 last year after being held in criminal contempt—the result of a secret one-day trial only now reaching the public eye.
The Trump Organization was fined $4,000 last year after being held in criminal contempt following the loss of a secret one-day trial over its refusal to obey court orders in a New York tax fraud case against the company,reported Tuesday. The reprimand and fine were issued by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan after the clandestine Oct. 2021 trial, a newly unsealed court document from two months later reflected.
The trial was held after the prosecutors accused the Trump family business of “willfully disobeying” three court orders and four grand jury subpoenas in March, April, May and June 2021, the order stated. “The record is clear that the company failed to produce responsive documents without explanation,” Merchan wrote. The order’s identifying details, partially redacted, were confirmed to theby several sources close to the matter.
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