Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $750,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges of HSR Violations

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   The settlement contradicts any record of full procedural compliance for the cited acquisitions, and preserves the no-admission status.

   Release describing stock acquisitions, filing deadlines, and settlement

   Delayed antitrust stock-filing settlement: Audit finding · Cited analysis

2. alleged

   The government alleged that Trump acquired voting securities without timely filings required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

   Release describing stock acquisitions, filing deadlines, and settlement

   Delayed antitrust stock-filing settlement: The record · The record

3. documented

   Donald Trump was the named defendant whose stock acquisitions triggered the case.

   Release describing stock acquisitions, filing deadlines, and settlement

   Delayed antitrust stock-filing settlement: The record · The record

4. settled

   Donald Trump agreed in 1988 to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that he failed to make timely Hart-Scott-Rodino filings before stock purchases in Holiday Corporation and Bally Manufacturing; the settlement included no admission of liability.

   FTC press release, settlement amount, alleged late filings, and no-admission clause

   Trump paid $750,000 over delayed antitrust filings · Settled without admission of liability

5. documented

   The settlement did not include an admission of liability.

   Release describing stock acquisitions, filing deadlines, and settlement

   Delayed antitrust stock-filing settlement: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit

6. documented

   A final civil judgment resolved the filing case and imposed a civil penalty.

   Release describing stock acquisitions, filing deadlines, and settlement

   Delayed antitrust stock-filing settlement: Outcome · Outcome