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UPDATE: A New York judge handed down a maximum fine of $1.6 million to the Trump Organization after the company was found guilty last month of criminal tax fraud and other charges. The judge, Juan Manuel Merchan, imposed the sentence on Friday, per the AP. The amount was the most that he could impose…

UPDATE: Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, was sentenced to five months in jail on Tuesday. A New York state judge handed down the sentence after Weisselberg entered a guilty plea to 15 charges related to tax fraud and evasion last summer. That was part of a…

UPDATE: Former President Donald Trump has paid $110,000 in fines after being held in contempt of court by a New York judge. A spokesperson for the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James confirmed that Trump paid the fine on Thursday. He still must file additional paperwork to comply with Judge Arthur…

A New York judge has found Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena to turn over documents to Attorney General Letitia James as part of her investigation into the business dealings of the Trump Organization. James’ investigation is a civil proceeding, so the former president faces being…

New York Letitia James asked a judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court, arguing that the former president had refused to comply with a court order to produce documents related to his financial dealings. James filed the motion in New York County State Supreme Court. If approved, Trump could be fined $10,000 for…

A New York state judge ruled that Donald Trump and his children Donald Jr. and Ivanka must answer questions under oath within 21 days as part of Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation of the Trump Organization. New York State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron denied the Trumps’ efforts to quash subpoenas…

UPDATED, with Trump Organization comment: New York Attorney General Letitia James said that her investigation has found “significant evidence” that Donald Trump’s businesses used “fraudulent and misleading” asset valuations. James, engaged in a legal battle to compel Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump to…

Hours after Donald Trump sued New York’s attorney general seeking to end her investigation into his businesses, Letitia James has vowed that her probe will continue “undeterred.” “The Trump Organization has continually sought to delay our investigation into its business dealings and now Donald Trump and his namesake…

UPDATED, with Trump statement: The New York Attorney General’s office has expanded its investigation of the Trump Organization to a probe of criminal conduct. "We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature,” said Fabien Levy, a spokesman for…

New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, defending grand jury-issued subpeonas to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, suggested Monday that the purpose was for a wider investigation of “protracted criminal conduct” at the Trump Organization. The comments came as part of a court filing as Trump’s legal team…