A Manhattan jury has begun deliberating whether to convict former President Trump's namesake real estate company of criminal tax fraud.
as income, and for compensating them as independent contractors instead of full-time employees.
Defense attorney Michael van der Veen said in his closing statement Friday that jurors "heard no evidence in this case that Mr. Trump or any of his children were aware of anything improper."But prosecutors contended that Trump explicitly sanctioned tax fraud when he signed off on part of the scheme. The distinction is important because the judge told jurors that the Trump Organization is only guilty if a high managerial agent of the company acted in behalf of the company and within the scope of his employment.
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