Trial of former US President Donald Trump’s company on charges of fraud, tax evasion begins

In the United States, the trial of former President Donald Trump’s company on charges of fraud and tax evasion began in New York yesterday. According to media reports, the Trump Organization, currently run by Trump’s older sons, Donald Jr and Eric Trump, has been charged with hiding compensation it paid to top executives between 2005 and 2021 by prosecutors in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the former president, who is not named in the case, dismissed the trial as a political stunt.