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Trump Organization’s Secret Contempt Finding Showed the House of Cards Was Still Wobbling
A court order tied to the Trump Organization’s hush-hush contempt proceeding made clear that the business had already been found in contempt for stonewalling a grand jury investigation. The details were not yet fully public on December 18, but the underlying blow was already there: a judge had concluded the company failed to comply with subpoenas and court orders, and the eventual unsealing made the mess impossible to wave away. For a company that had spent years branding itself as a masterclass in dealmaking, this was the opposite — a court-recorded demonstration of how not to handle a criminal probe.