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A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former US President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath in the state attorney general's civil probe into their family company's business.
As Donald Trump eyes a return to the White House, a jury has found the Trump Organization guilty of 17 counts of tax fraud. The company paid less in tax by compensating executives with "off the books" perks such as luxury apartments. In addition to a fine, the Trump Organization will find it harder to get access to financing. Also, we take a look at protests against corruption and inflation in Mongolia. Finally, we discover the Japanese spider robots that could help with the upkeep of the country's ageing sewage system.
Donald Trump and family members lied to tax collectors, lenders and insurers for years in a scheme that routinely misstated the value of his properties to enrich themselves, according to a suit filed by New York's attorney general on Wednesday.
Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in state court in New York which hits Trump at the core of that same entrepreneurship and opulence that had made the former president famous.
Images of Donald Trump's convoy leaving the New York attorney general's office in New York City, after some six hours of questioning under oath over alleged fraud at his family business, having earlier vowed he would invoke his constitutional right to remain silent. IMAGES