<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of <i>NBC New York</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trump-organization-expects-to-face-criminal-charges-in-manhattan-attorney-says/3125808/">https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trump-organization-expects-to-face-criminal-charges-in-manhattan-attorney-says/3125808/</a></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="article-headline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arthouse, sans-serif; font-size: 2.625rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 2.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Trump Organization Expects to Face Criminal Charges in Manhattan, Attorney Says</h1><h2 class="article-subtitle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arthouse, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 500; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); width: calc(100% - 336px);">The Trump Organization reportedly could face criminal charges in Manhattan as soon as next week; an attorney said they will plead not guilty</h2></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Donald Trump's real estate company expects to face criminal charges in Manhattan, but will move immediately to dismiss them, an attorney for the former president said Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News that the charges could be filed as soon as next week, in a case believed to be tied to allegations of tax evasion over compensation paid out to top executives. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Attorney Ron Fischetti confirmed to NBC an earlier New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/nyregion/trump-organization-criminal-charges.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(20, 74, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">report</span></a> that lawyers for the Trump Organization met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“It looks like they are going to come down with charges against the company and that is completely outrageous," Fischetti said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"The meeting was on Zoom for about 9 minutes and there were 8 or 9 prosecutors ... the corporate office will plead not guilty and we will make an immediate motion to dismiss the case against the corporation," Fischetti said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Any criminal charges would mark an escalation in the years-long probe by soon-departing Manhattan DA Cy Vance into Trump and his company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Last month, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-reported-convening-grand-jury-ny-probe-purely-political-n1268576" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(20, 74, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">reports said Vance</span></a> had convened a special grand jury to consider evidence against the former president's business.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Vance successfully waged a battle for much of Trump's presidency to obtain his tax returns, and prosecutors have not let up since, even as the DA prepares to leave office at the end of this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The office <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/manhattan-da-obtains-trump-tax-returns-after-supreme-court-passes-on-appeal/2909820/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(20, 74, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">ultimately obtained those documents</span></a> last February.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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