Mazars USA not only terminated its relationship with the Trump Organization, it also will no longer vouch for the previous financial statements it prepared for the company.
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Donald Trump is currently in what the legal profession defines as “a world of pain.” In addition to a congressional investigation into his actions before, during, and after January 6, which could lead to a criminal referral to the Justice Department, the former president is the subject of no fewer than four criminal and civil investigations by prosecutors across the country. This includes Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis, whose request to convene a grand jury to probe Trump’s attempts to overturn the election in Georgia was recently approved; Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who inherited an investigation from his predecessor into Trump’s business practices that resulted in the Trump Organization and its CFO being charged with multiple felonies last summer (they pleaded not guilty); and New York attorney general Letitia James, who has been on Trump’s tail for more than two years, and who recently said she had uncovered “significant evidence” of fraud at the Trump family business. None of this is particularly good news—in fact, some might say it is very bad news—and it’s now been compounded by the fact that the ex-president’s longtime accountants just threw him under the bus.
The New York Times reports that Mazars USA, which has done business with Trump...
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