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Trump agreed to a $750,000 premerger-reporting civil penalty

Event date
Category
Consumer, charity, tax, and regulatory matters
Posture:
Federal civil consent judgment — no trial admission

DOJ, acting at the FTC's request, alleged that Trump failed to make required Hart-Scott-Rodino filings before Bally stock acquisitions. The matter resolved by consent judgment and a $750,000 civil penalty without a trial adjudication of the allegations.

Evidence basis

primary-plus-independent

Documented response

The consent resolution did not constitute a trial admission of the complaint's allegations.

Disposition

Final consent judgment and $750,000 civil penalty.

Dated sources

  1. — Los Angeles Times settlement report (Independent contemporaneous reporting)
  2. — DOJ antitrust case page and final judgment (Official antitrust case record)

Correction status

No substantive correction recorded for this version.

Canonical citation

Trump agreed to a $750,000 premerger-reporting civil penalty. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/1988-04-12-hsr-consent-judgment/

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