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Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jan 10, 2023

Trump Org CFO Weisselberg is being sentenced to 5 months jail for massive tax fraud, of which he'll serve ~100 days on Rikers.

Kalief Browder suffered in Rikers for 700 days in solitary confinement on the false accusation he stole a backpack, then died by suicide.

Two Americas. And a reminder that a system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect, and that a system will always protect those it was never meant to fail.

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C.D. Lewis Jan 10, 2023

@QasimRashid For those who aren't following it you might mention, for perspective, that Weisselberg's 5-month sentence follows over $2m in tax and penalty payments _and_ his active cooperation in the government's case against the Trump organization. Comparing this to terrors perpetrated against the falsely accused is nonsense: the accused should not be mistreated, including the falsely accused, which is why New York paid a $3.3m civil rights judgment to Browder's family. Details matter.

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mark Jan 10, 2023

@Sea_Dragons @QasimRashid the tax part , that you mention as punishment, was just making good on obligations. That means he got caught trying to steal 2m from the rest of us, and got caught. This wasn't oversight or a mistake. Look at the comparisons being made, and stop to think about the difference

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C.D. Lewis

@ATLeagle @QasimRashid As a follow up: I don't know how much tax or penalty he actually owed, but he PAID more than $2m. I've certainly had clients shaken down by tax authorities for taxes they very manifestly did not owe, simply because the authorities knew the taxpayer would not be able to afford to fight. Some of the more-than-$2m was penalty and not tax, and the amount that would have been due if calculated by an objective third party is probably a matter of speculation.