A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on July 2, 2021.
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For Trump, this was the kind of headline money cannot easily buy its way out of: a criminal indictment, a loyal fixer under oath, and a business reputation taking on water in public. The legal fallout was only beginning, but the message was already clear: the Trump brand was no longer just getting criticized. It was getting booked. ([ag.ny.gov](https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/statement-attorney-general-james-criminal-indictment-trump-organization-and-cfo?utm_source=openai))
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New York’s attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney unsealed charges against the Trump Corporation, the Trump Payroll Corporation, and Allen Weisselberg on July 1, 2021. Weisselberg and the companies pleaded not guilty; Donald Trump was not charged in the case.