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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Mon Jun 20, 2022, 09:33 AM Jun 2022

To those envisioning NY AG Tish James "getting" Donald Trump, here's some perspective from my wife.. [View all]

(...a noted Tax Attorney).

It is very rare for people to go to jail for tax fraud. Likely fines and penalties.

Consider what did and didn't happen with the abuses by Trump's sham "Foundation".

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To those envisioning NY AG Tish James "getting" Donald Trump, here's some perspective from my wife.. [View all] brooklynite Jun 2022 OP

Then let's just take all his assets. He will commit a felony soon enough when he's broke Walleye Jun 2022 #1

confiscate his assets.. agingdem Jun 2022 #8

Trump couldn't go to jail, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #2

Ah, but the Foundation no longer exists Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #3

Well, yeah. It IS a civil case. Novara Jun 2022 #4

The civil case, can establish corroborating information for criminal cases empedocles Jun 2022 #5

Let's hope it does. Novara Jun 2022 #7

This site claims that "nearly 2/3 of tax fraud offenders were sentenced to imprisonment". Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2022 #6

Perhaps a bit of ancient history to emphasize the rare cases? Pyryck Jun 2022 #9

That was a criminal tax fraud case. The NY case re: TFG is a civil action. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #11

If I had money to bet, I'd bet it on Georgia MissMillie Jun 2022 #10

Then he could be pardoned? bcool Jun 2022 #13

Governor Kemp isn't going to pardon Trump... brooklynite Jun 2022 #14

I imagine that is a possibility, however (EDIT) MissMillie Jun 2022 #15

Duly noted for the record. nt Tommy Carcetti Jun 2022 #12

The Manhattan DA spiked any chance of criminal charges last I heard. This is all civil. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #16

It's Georgia we need to watch JustAnotherGen Jun 2022 #17

That's Kind Of The Problem, Sir, Isn't It? The Magistrate Jun 2022 #18

People commit all kinds of tax fraud daily; very few are prosecuted MichMan Jun 2022 #19