The Trump charges look small potatoes, and the Republican base will shrug | Lloyd Green
by Lloyd Green from on (#5KT74)
By the metrics of scandal, the alleged crime seems decidedly underwhelming. For now at least, the former president can exhale
On Thursday, Manhattan prosecutors charged the Trump Organization, its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and the Trump Payroll Corp with engaging in a scheme to defraud federal, state and local tax authorities. According to the indictment, Weisselberg failed to pay taxes on $1.7m in income and benefits. The scheme purportedly dated back to 2005.
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