The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday in California on charges alleging that he and others conspired to influence Trump’s foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates
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Another View: How Donald Trump can help turn the COVID tide
The former president has a perfect opportunity to look like a hero. Will he take it?
Leonard Pitts: Too many in America willing to trash what those in Cuba so desperately seek
In their disregard for a democratic process that says a former chief executive is no longer president, the right displays an affinity for authoritarian rule.
Trump Organization removes indicted finance officer from dozens of subsidiaries
However, Allen Weisselberg remains chief financial officer of the Trump Organization as a whole.
Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol attack by pro-Trump mob will hold first hearing this month
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to form the committee after Senate Republicans blocked an effort to create an independent, bipartisan commission.
Commentary: Trump’s longtime accountant confronts a loyalty test
Now that he’s indicted on tax-fraud charges, will Allen Weisselberg treat his boss as he can expect to be treated in return?
Trump’s company once cloaked him in gilded fame. Now it faces felonies, debt and a toxic brand.
The indictment adds to a growing pile of uncertainties about his company that experts say makes its future less clear than at any time since Trump’s collapse in Atlantic City and New York in the 1990s.
Criminal indictment could hurt Trump’s company on multiple fronts
It may make it harder for the former president to strike new deals, get bank loans and bring in new money to his sprawling and indebted business.
Grand jury indicts Trump’s company and its chief financial officer
The indictments will remain sealed until Thursday, leaving the specific charges against them unclear.
Charges expected Thursday against Trump’s company, top executive
Prosecutors have been scrutinizing the former president’s tax records, subpoenaing documents and interviewing witnesses, including Trump insiders and company executives.