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Inside Donald Trump's Empire: Why He Didn’t Run for President in 2012

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With lawsuits pending and shady partners, Trump’s business empire could not withstand the scrutiny of a presidential campaign, and even his kids might have been muddied.

Wayne Barrett

Updated Jun. 23, 2020 6:37PM ET / Published May. 26, 2011 3:29PM ET 

Editor's Note, 8/10/15: Four years ago, Wayne Barrett reported on shady business deals ahead of Trump's flirtation with a White House run. After first exposing Trump’s ties to organized crime in his 1992 book, Barrett looked into his most recent business dealings and discovered the following:

• One associate who was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a massive 2000 stock swindle—and escaped prison only by helping to convict 19 others, including six members of New York crime families

• Two associates who served prison time on cocaine charges• Another partner prosecuted for trafficking underage girls after a dramatic helicopter raid on a yacht off the Turkish coast

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