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Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street

  • Written by Bert Spector, Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
imageThe Trump Organization is run by Trump's children and loyalists like Allen Weisselberg, seen here in the background.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

A Manhattan grand jury on July 1, 2021, indicted the Trump Organization and one of its top executives, Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, over his failure to pay taxes over 15 years. The company and...

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