Fraud trial conviction could be “death knell” for Trump Organization

The conviction of two Trump Organization companies for tax fraud and other crimes could prove insurmountable for former President Donald Trump’s hotel and real estate businesses, which are likely to face challenges in lining up lenders, insurers and government contracts, according to legal experts following the ruling.

“It spells doom for the Trump Organization — I really see it as a death knell,” Bennett Gershman, a professor at…