Edition · July 19, 2021

The Daily Fuckup — July 19, 2021

1 verified report published on July 19, 2021.

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Closing take

By July 19, the Trump universe was already deep into the familiar cycle: deny, distract, litigate, repeat. But the problem with a cycle is that it keeps spinning even when the headlines move on. The tax case against the Trump Organization was no longer a one-day embarrassment; it was becoming part of the permanent record of how the Trump operation did business. And in Trumpland, that is the kind of paperwork that tends to outlive the spin.

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The Trump Organization’s tax case is now about the wait

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

The Trump Organization’s tax case was still hanging over the company on July 19, 2021, but the key legal event happened earlier in the month: prosecutors charged the company and Allen Weisselberg on July 1, and Weisselberg pleaded not guilty that same day. The story by July 19 was less about a fresh filing than about the grind of a criminal case that was still unfolding.

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