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https://crooksandliars.com/2021/07/trump-s-way-life-flouting-tax-laws-former7/07/21 4:48am
Former Employee: Trump Lived To Evade Taxes
Barbara Res, a former Trump Organization executive, wrote a column that should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that Trump is guilty of tax evasion and is in the worst trouble of his life.
By NewsHound Ellen
Barbara Res, a former Trump Organization executive, wrote a column that should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that Trump is guilty of tax evasion and is in the worst trouble of his life.
As Raw Story pointed out, its been decades since Res worked for Trump but her allegations ring true and they line up with those of the charges against the Trump Organization and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg.
In a lengthy column for the New York Daily News, Res painted Trump's disrespect for tax laws as part of his brand: The notion of breaking the tax laws was never considered, even 40 years ago when Trump was not quite the Trump we know today, she wrote. Flaunting and ultimately disobeying the tax laws was a way of life.
She provided some examples:
Trump also cheated his partners. He had expensive, special work done on his apartment on Trump Tower, some of which was paid for by the projects accounts, rather than by him personally.
I was working on projects that had partners and ones that did not. Sometimes, he charged my time against the projects with the partners. So they paid for the work I did directly for Trump.
Res believes Trump not only knew about any tax fraud Weisselberg committed but likely Trump directed it. In my experience, as with all facets of his business, major decisions like paying someones rent or tuition were made by Trump and Trump alone. And with his other tax avoidance schemes, Trump had his minions to carry them out but he was always in charge, she wrote.
Will Weisselberg flip on Trump? Res predicts that he will, eventually. She describes him as not a hardened player, like Paul Manafort or Roger Stone, but basically, an ordinary person who has apparently been corrupted by money and power. Even if Trump is never charged, his company can be destroyed, Res said.
None of what Res knows will likely play any formal role in Trumps current legal woes. But it does raise the question, why didnt New York prosecutors go after the crimes that seem to have been right under their noses long ago? Just think what they might have saved the country from if they had.
kentuck
(111,076 posts)"why didnt New York prosecutors go after the crimes that seem to have been right under their noses long ago?"
Kid Berwyn
(14,863 posts)a kennedy
(29,644 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Lord Ludd
(585 posts)The hypocrisy makes my blood boil.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)I think the city and state just never felt it would be worth the years and years of trials and appeals and legal hassles that Trump would have forced them to go through to prove he did bad shit. Probably cheaper to just let him commit tax fraud and other things than to prosecute him.
Trump's pretty fucking stupid, but he seems to pretty smart about how to commit fraud and how to hide - I bet his books are twisted, labyrinthine, nested and subnested and subsubnested schemes that are very difficult to untangle.
live love laugh
(13,096 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)produce an official audit notice, when asked, let's just say he was indeed under audit. If so why in the hell didn't IRS ever find anything? Supposedly when he was the highest paid tax refund recipient one year? Shouldn't that have been a red flag?
no_hypocrisy
(46,068 posts)Trump made political contributions and there's quid pro quo, and Trump had information on them which would be embarrassing if it were made public.
Mr.Bill
(24,274 posts)sop
(10,146 posts)The question everyone should be asking is "how has he been able to get away with it for so long?" I could rattle off the names of dozens of political, business and entertainment figures who have been jailed for much less, all while Trump engaged in his well-publicized crime wave with total impunity.
Thunderbeast
(3,406 posts)He has had political protection since the days of Fred.
Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)rubbed in our faces.
Marcuse
(7,475 posts)Soon after Vances office dropped the investigation, Kasowitz donated and raised a combined total of more than fifty thousand dollars for Vances reëlection campaign.
[link:https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-didnt-manhattan-da-cyrus-vance-prosecute-the-trumps-or-harvey-weinstein|
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)But the wealthy never face justice.
KS Toronado
(17,189 posts)He may have been somewhat "wealthy" at some point in time, but currently he's broke and
in debt. Hard to buy favors with zero $$$$$$s.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,725 posts)There are so many ways to rip off the government. Scrap the current tax system and start over.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,634 posts)rickford66
(5,523 posts)One look around and we knew what kind of person he was. It's been call "Dictator Chic" appropriately.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)I was quite excited to go in the first time I finally had a chance to be in that area of town, and walked out about a minute later laughing my ass off. It was far worse than I imagined. Pictures simply don't do it justice.
3Hotdogs
(12,366 posts)Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,745 posts)When a wealthy person is absolutely determined not to pay their fair share even the they are well able to do so.
Aviation Pro
(12,143 posts)"In 10 years, I'll be dating her."
Fucking rapist pedophile.
Captain Zero
(6,800 posts)That's why the crimes were ignored. Rudy was in Trump's pocket LONG BEFORE the Four Seasons affair.
Mr.Bill
(24,274 posts)And that's why Rudy is acting the way he is, he's terrified.
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)I think being prosecuted for rape should be the worst trouble in his life, but I suppose it's been too long and no longer within the statute of limitations.
I've also wondered, given his psychopathy, if he's ever ordered the murder of anyone. He would never do it himself.
NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)Raven
(13,886 posts)seta1950
(932 posts)Were all these people,before he came to the WH and messed up all our lives, for 4 years and beyond?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)That drives me crazy!
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)... including Barbara Res, I'm sure of it.
All employees, former employees and independent contractors were certain they'd be sued by Chump if they ever talked while the NDA is in effect. This woman Barbara Res never talked to the media or to prosecutors before, am I right? I have no doubt that it's because she signed an NDA, and it has probably expired by now.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)Every repuq I know will do anything in their power to cheat on their taxes.
JHB
(37,158 posts)It's a pissing contest over "what I got away with".
gulliver
(13,180 posts)Would be interesting to see Trump on the stand being grilled about not knowing what Weisselberg was doing.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)'Me? Understand accounting?'
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)They are the exact opposite of everything government stands for - the common good, commonwealth, the social fabric, a rising tide lifting all boats, community.