Business will probably be hit with fines totaling $1.6m, reports say, and ex-president still faces New York attorney general’s lawsuit

Good morning, US politics blog readers. We will direct your attention this morning away from Washington DC to New York City, where Donald Trump’s business is at 9am eastern time scheduled to be sentenced on tax fraud charges. According to reports, the entity will probably be hit with fines totaling $1.6m, but that won’t be the end of the story for Trump’s legal troubles in the state. The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has a lawsuit against the former president and three of his children for inflating their net worth to get better loan terms, in what her office described as “staggering” fraud.

Here’s what else is going on today:

Joe Biden welcomes Japan’s prime minister, Kishida Fumio, to the White House this morning, before departing for Delaware.

The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, will hold her daily briefing at 12.30pm, where reporters will no doubt demand more details on the classified documents found at two properties linked to the president.

The House and Senate will convene briefly, but no votes are expected.

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