This is Michael Cohen and you're listening to the Mayor Culpa podcast.

You got to hand it to New York and it's true what they say. If you can make it

there you can make it anywhere. But believe me there is no worse place to be

when you're down on your luck in New York City. And now the city that made

Donald J. Trump great is going to break him into a million little pieces. Tuesday

the Trump organization was found guilty on each and every count they pursued

by the district attorney 17 17 counts in a tax fraud scheme that spanned decades.

Now Trump could continue to blame his CFO Alan Weiselberg and call him a lone

wolf who committed all of these various crimes on his own. But we all know the

truth. Nothing at the Trump organization ever happened without Donald's

express approval. And now it's come back to crush him. Breaking news here now at

for a verdict in the tax fraud trial involving the Trump organization.

A jury in Manhattan has found the company guilty on all counts 17 of them which

included criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records. The charges

against the company included that it paid the that it was paying the

personal expenses of some executives without reporting them as income. Former

president Donald Trump is not personally charged with any crime. In a statement

just released by the Trump organization a spokesperson said in part the fact

that any company could be held responsible for an employee's actions on their

personal tax returns is simply preposterous. The company will face a seven figure

fine and most likely close up shop at least in New York. They will appeal of course

but in the meantime in order authorizing a retired federal judge to monitor the

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