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Accounting firm fires Trump Organization as client
The accounting firm Mazars has said it can no longer stand behind annual financial statements it prepared for the Trump Organization between 2011 and 2020, Reuters is reporting.
In a letter cited by the New York Attorney General’s office in a court filing today, the firm stated that it had come to this conclusion based on filings made by the attorney general, “our own investigation” and other information from different parties.
“While we have not concluded that the various financial statements, as a whole, contain material discrepancies, based on the totality of the circumstances, we believe our advice to no longer rely upon those financial statements is appropriate,” Mazars said in its letter.
Mazars concluded the letter by saying it would no longer “provide any new work product to the Trump Organization”.
