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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Donald Trump’s legal woes threaten to engulf him as accountants abandon ship

Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on 20 January 2021 as he leaves the presidency. Legal woes have pursued him out of office.
Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on 20 January 2021 as he leaves office. Legal woes have pursued him since. Photograph: Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images

The news that the longtime accounting firm for the Trump Organization has cut ties with the company and retracted 10 years of its financial statements is a new and serious blow to Donald Trump’s increasingly frenzied battle to fend off the legal investigations that are rapidly engulfing him.

The revelation that Mazars USA last week ended its relationship with the Trump family comes at a perilous moment for the former president as he strives to protect himself, his family and his business from legal threats that are now coming thick and fast.

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