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Saturday, March 11th, 2023

Former Trump campaign chairman hit with $3.2 million fine to settle tax-dodging charges

Author:     Mary Papenfuss
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     March 04, 2023
 Link: Former Trump campaign chairman hit with $3.2 million fine to settle tax-dodging charges
Stephan:  

It just goes on and on, I could do another half dozen stories like those I am publishing today. I want to be clear, there are Democratic politicians that are dishonest but, and this is the important point, the criminality of Republican politicians is unlike anything ever seen in the United States before.

Donald Trump, Paul Manafort Trump campaign manager and Ivanka Trump during the sound checks on stage in the Quicken Arena for the Republican National Convention. Credit: Mark Reinstein / Shutterstock

Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort is paying a whopping $3.2 million in fines to finally settle federal tax-dodging charges.

A judgment against Manafort was entered for his “willful” failure to file timely legally required annual reports disclosing his ownership — or control — of more than three dozen offshore companies and accounts, according to the watchdog news site The Florida Bulldog. The penalties and interest assessed against him covered the tax years 2013 and 2014.

The $3.2 million settlement was approved by Miami U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz last week.

Trump pardoned Manafort before he left office in 2021, which freed him from jail, but didn’t let him off hook for tax fines.

Manafort served as Trump’s campaign manager from May to August of 2016. He left his job before he was charged with any crimes, following a flurry of concerns about his ties […]

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