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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/21/trump-organization-criminal-trial/NEW YORK Trump Organization, former president Donald Trumps namesake company, is set to go on trial Monday for alleged tax crimes the result of a lengthy investigation into the company and its executives related to fraud and other potentially illegal business practices.
malaise
(269,182 posts)Rec
brooklynite
(94,741 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,308 posts)I only care about the outcome.
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)If convicted, the Trump Organization and its subsidiary Trump Payroll Corp. could be hit with a combined $1.6 million in fines by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case. No individual can be sent to prison as a result of a corporate conviction.
Ocelot II
(115,869 posts)Section 131.1 Purpose; general provisions.
(a) In order to maintain the broadest scope of public access to the courts, to preserve public confidence in the Judiciary, and to foster public understanding of the role of the Judicial Branch in civil society, it is the policy of the Unified Court System to facilitate the audio-visual coverage of court proceedings to the fullest extent permitted by the New York Civil Rights Law and other statutes, as interpreted by New York courts, pursuant to the rules set forth below.
(b) Audio-visual coverage of proceedings in which the testimony of parties or witnesses by subpoena or other compulsory process is or may be taken is prohibited. (See, Civil Rights Law §52.)
(c) Audio-visual coverage of party or witness testimony in any court proceeding (other than a plea at an arraignment) is prohibited.
https://ww2.nycourts.gov/rules/chiefadmin/131.shtml