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A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his company to pay hundreds of millions in penalties after finding a yearslong pattern of fraud in his financial statements. The ruling also bars Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York company for three years, a real-world consequence that reaches far beyond campaign-spin land.
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A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his company to pay hundreds of millions in penalties after finding a yearslong pattern of fraud in his financial statements. The ruling also bars Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York company for three years, a real-world consequence that reaches far beyond campaign-spin land.
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A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his company to pay hundreds of millions in penalties after finding a yearslong pattern of fraud in his financial statements. The ruling also bars Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York company for three years, a real-world consequence that reaches far beyond campaign-spin land.
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