Trump Pardons tax cheat after mother pays $1 million to attend dinner

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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner​


By 2011, prosecutors said, Mr. Walczak had stopped paying employment taxes.
Between 2016 and 2019, they said, he withheld more than $10 million from the paychecks of the nurses, doctors and others who worked at his facilities under the pretext of using it for their Social Security, Medicare and federal income taxes. Instead, he used some of the money to buy a $2 million yacht and to pay for travel and purchases at high-end retailers, including Bergdorf Goodman and Cartier, prosecutors said.

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He was charged in February 2023 with 13 counts of tax crimes.
By the time he pleaded guilty to two of the counts and agreed to pay the restitution on Nov. 15, 2024, Mr. Trump had been elected for a second term in the White House.

Ms. Fago had raised millions of dollars for Mr. Trump’s campaigns and those of other Republicans, the application said. It also highlighted her connections to an effort to sabotage Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 campaign by publicizing the addiction diary of his daughter Ashley Biden — an episode that drew law enforcement scrutiny.

Still, weeks went by and no pardon was forthcoming, even as Mr. Trump issued clemency grants to hundreds of other allies.

Then, Ms. Fago was invited to a $1-million-per-person fund-raising dinner last month that promised face-to-face access to Mr. Trump at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Less than three weeks after she attended the dinner, Mr. Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon.

 
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OccamsRazor said:
So... some rich somebody got a favor by donating large sums of money to their political campaign.

Gee... thanks for pointing out this oddity of politics. :sarcasm:
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OR, the open lawfare of the last administration was corrected by this administration. More to the story than what Ms. TDS posts.
 
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But did any of his employees get a tax refund for overpaying their taxes with the money withheld and never forwarded to the government? Why so long to catch when dozens of people were filing returns with a false W-2?
 
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somdwatch said:
OR, the open lawfare of the last administration was corrected by this administration. More to the story than what Ms. TDS posts.
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How is any of this "lawfare" and why would you defend any of this behavior?

Why do you love criminals?

Between 2016 and 2019, they said, he withheld more than $10 million from the paychecks of the nurses, doctors and others who worked at his facilities under the pretext of using it for their Social Security, Medicare and federal income taxes. Instead, he used some of the money to buy a $2 million yacht and to pay for travel and purchases at high-end retailers, including Bergdorf Goodman and Cartier, prosecutors said.
He was charged in February 2023 with 13 counts of tax crimes.
By the time he pleaded guilty to two of the counts and agreed to pay the restitution on Nov. 15, 2024,
 
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Must be on a roll. He pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley from the Chrisley Knows Best "reality" television show for fraud and tax evasion.
 
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Rightturn On Red

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Tech said:
But did any of his employees get a tax refund for overpaying their taxes with the money withheld and never forwarded to the government? Why so long to catch when dozens of people were filing returns with a false W-2?
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It's not the employees fault the employer did not remit withholding taxes. They are not fake W2's, the tax was withheld from their paychecks, it was the employer who committed fraud. There are stiff penalties for failure to remit trust fund withholding. The IRS goes after the employer when W2's do not match form 941 withholdings remitted.
 
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