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criminal escalation
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On April 27, 2021, the New York attorney general’s office told the Trump Organization that its ongoing civil investigation was also a criminal one. The notice raised the stakes in a probe that had already been running since 2019, but no charges had been filed at that point.
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financial scrutiny
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Serious fuckup
The Trump Organization’s financial statements and related records remained at the center of a widening fraud and records fight in New York. The day’s reporting underscored that investigators were not looking at a one-off paperwork issue but a broader pattern of disputed valuations, lending representations, and tax-related claims.
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