The Trump Organization was secretly held in criminal contempt in 2021 after failing to comply with court orders related to a criminal tax fraud investigation, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The charge against former President Donald Trump's company was revealed in an unsealed court document shared by the Times, in which it was found that the Trump Organization was "willfully disobeying" at least three court orders and four grand jury subpoenas. As a result, the company was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines — the maximum allowed by law — during a one-day contempt trial in Manhattan that was previously unreported.
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