DC Circuit Weighs Bid for Coveted Trump Tax Returns
A nonprofit fighting to uncover the president’s tax returns pushed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday about statements from Donald Trump Jr. about his father’s Russian assets.
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Drug Kickbacks
Connecticut brought a suit Tuesday that accuses Assured Rx, NLM LLC and 12 people of costing state taxpayers $11 million in a prescription drug kickback scheme.
Read moreTrump: Ready to Tax an Additional $267B in Chinese Imports
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s prepared to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese imports. Such a step would significantly escalate his trade war with Beijing and would likely increase costs for a broad range of U.S. businesses and consumers.
Read moreApple Fights Chicago’s Tax on Streaming Services
Apple filed a new legal challenge Monday aiming to free Chicagoans from the city’s so-called “Netflix tax,” a 9 percent charge on streaming media purchases.
Read moreFormer Auto Exec Gets 5 Years for Union Scandal
A federal judge sentenced Fiat Chrysler’s former vice president for employee relations to 5 ½ years in prison Monday for his role in a conspiracy to shower United Auto Workers union leaders with gifts and cash.
Read moreNY Attorney General Looking to Investigate Cohen on Taxes
New York’s attorney general is looking to open a criminal investigation into whether Michael Cohen violated state tax law, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Read moreManafort Juror Says 1 Holdout Prevented 18-Count Conviction
A juror in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts.
Read moreCohen Hit With NY Subpoena Connected to Trump Probe
One day after the lawyer’s guilty plea in federal court implicated President Donald Trump in campaign-contribution violations, New York greeted Michael Cohen with a subpoena Wednesday related to its criminal probe of the Trump Foundation.
Read morePaul Manafort Guilty on Eight Counts, Including Bank Fraud
A federal jury in northern Virginia found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty TKday of hiding millions of dollars in offshore accounts and lying to bankers to get loans.
Read moreWisconsin Governor Accused of Misusing Taxpayer Money
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker spent over $800,000 in taxpayer dollars for air travel over a period of two and a half years, a liberal advocacy group claims in a report released Monday.
Read moreManafort Jury Says It’s Struggling to Reach Unanimous Verdict
The jury in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sent a note to the judge on the fourth day of deliberations saying it’s struggling to reach a unanimous verdict and wants further instructions.
Read moreJury Enters Day 2 of Deliberations for Paul Manafort Fraud Trial
Heading into a second day of deliberations Friday, Paul Manafort’s jury is learning quickly that the presiding judge has few indulgences for them.
Read moreManafort Money ‘Littered With Lies,’ Feds Tell Jury
As the bank and tax-fraud trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort heads to closing arguments Wednesday, prosecutors and the defense will each have roughly two hours to sum up their cases.
Read moreManafort Defense Rests, Setting Up Closing Arguments
A federal judge rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s motion for acquittal of bank and tax fraud charges moments before his defense team rested without calling any witnesses, setting the stage for closing arguments Tuesday afternoon.
Read moreNinth Circuit Nails Tribe for $58 Million in Cigarette Taxes
The federal government can collect $58 million in delinquent taxes from a Native American tribal member’s tobacco business, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday, upholding a trial court’s decision.
Read moreBanker Takes Witness Stand As Manafort Trial Resumes
A Chicago bank approved former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort for a loan just one day after the bank’s chief told Manafort he was interested in serving for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bank executive testified Friday after the trial was put on hold for several hours.
Read moreManafort Prosecutors to Come Full Circle on Spending Habits
On track to rest its case Friday against Manafort, the government has three witnesses left to call. Testimony from one employee of the New York Yankees could return the spotlight to Manafort’s spending habits.
Read moreDetroit Arena Levy Can’t Be Placed on the Ballot
A Sixth Circuit panel ruled Thursday that Michigan law does not allow voters to void or amend a $56 million tax increment financing related to the relocation of the Detroit Pistons basketball franchise.
Read moreAirbnb Exec Details Manafort’s Haul With SoHo Condo
In the same month that Paul Manafort was seeking a mortgage on his Manhattan apartment, the condominium’s Airbnb rental listing was deactivated, a witness from the travel website confirmed Thursday on the witness stand.
Read moreFBI Accountant Maps Paper Trail in Manafort Case
In a bid to unravel hours of elaborate testimony about Paul Manafort’s financial records Wednesday afternoon, defense attorneys zeroed in on one detail they painted as particularly curious – the former Trump campaign chair’s signature on various tax and loan forms.
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