USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

[OKNancy]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/

Donald Trump casts himself as a protector of workers and jobs, but a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation found hundreds of people – carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers – who say he didn’t pay them for their work.



During the Atlantic City casino boom in the 1980s, Philadelphia cabinet-builder Edward Friel Jr. landed a $400,000 contract to build the bases for slot machines, registration desks, bars and other cabinets at Harrah's at Trump Plaza.

The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for the Trump Organization, the resort’s builder.

Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said.

Donald Trump often portrays himself as a savior of the working class who will "protect your job." But a USA TODAY NETWORK analysis found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past three decades – and a large number of those involve ordinary Americans, like the Friels, who say Trump or his companies have refused to pay them.

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[Tal Vez]

1. I had heard before of the failure to pay lawyers.

And, if a man turns deadbeat on his lawyers, you have to assume that he'll treat other creditors even worse.

Trump is a con man.

[SummerSnow]

11. CONald Trump is his name

[SunSeeker]

31. Actually, it's...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. ...

Funny that the emotie is : clap :

[NewJeffCT]

28. not paying lawyers

is not a wise decision...

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[SheilaT]

3. Pretty amazing piece.

What impresses me the most is how many times hourly workers have sued him, which means he must really not pay them anything, because it seems as though hourly workers will often tolerate being shorted on their wages for far too long. Although maybe over the years people suing certain otherwise well respected department stores has helped make hourly employees more aware of their rights.

And to think that millions of people think he should be running this country.

[No Vested Interest]

4. Why are we not surprised by this latest Trump revelation? nt

[JBoy]

5. Every one of those lawsuits is a potential campaign ad. n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. This was the first thing I thought! :) nt

[RockaFowler]

6. Yep - I know this very well

My husband did work at Mar a Lago for him. Drumpf refused to pay the company my husband worked for and told him it was because they would get more publicity from saying "Hey, I remodeled Donald's Bathroom". He never paid them for that bathroom remodel. I have a feeling he does this ALL THE TIME!! This bathroom was about $40,000 remodel.

Donald Drumpf can go to hell as far as I'm concerned. The reason why he has money - he pisses on all of the little people. My husband was laid off shortly thereafter because the business lost a ton of money. It took my husband 2 years to get another job - and this was only part-time. It took him another 2 years to get a Full Time job.

So yes Drumpf - F-U!

[NewJeffCT]

29. wow

sorry that your husband had to go through that.

[Glimmer of Hope]

35. He is such an asshole. I am sorry he did this to your husband.

[rurallib]

56. it would be karmic if he could get some revenge by doing a spot for Clinton

[postatomic]

7. He'll protect your job, he just won't pay you

Call it: Blue Collar Slavery

I'm glad to see that the media won't let up on this piece of crap. Even my local 10pm news went after him. No one likes this guy outside of North Korea.

[gratuitous]

9. You'll always have job with Donald Trump

Whether you get paid for it is another matter entirely. For someone worth TEN BILLION DOLLARS as Trump likes to brag on endlessly, it's pretty weird how little he'll chisel people. It's like you or I skated on owing someone 80 cents; what kind of a cheapskate do you have to be to refuse to pay someone?

But I suppose Trump doesn't stay rich by paying for things.

[postatomic]

12. Well, he knows lots of words (so he says)

Doubtful that he will even address this. But as someone else mentioned, this has all the makings of a great attack piece on the Don.

[narnian60]

8. Disgusting.

[yellowcanine]

10. So Trump is a deadbeat. Well we knew that already.

Four bankruptcies = deadbeat, no matter how you want to slice it.

[gratuitous]

14. But it's good to share this information with folks who don't know it

And to have specific names, dates, and projects that Deadbeat Donald has welched on. Big fancy do at Mar-a-Lago, and he cheats the servers out of their wages? How miserly is Trump that he'd chisel the waiters out of paying them $800 for attending to the gaggle of swells he wanted to impress?

[yellowcanine]

16. For a small contractor, Trump is the client from hell.

[leftynyc]

15. This is weird

I recently bought the entire Mad About You television show series on dvd (loved that show, still do). In one of the episodes I recently watched, Jamie (female lead) was telling Paul (her husband) about how she was working with someone who got paid by Donnie and the check bounced!!!

[Bluenorthwest]

45. Many people have known him to be what he is for decades.

I was literally given a 'Why You Must Hate Donald Trump' tour of NYC by a friend in 84 or 85. I'm saying my friend asked me to swear to always oppose Trump. 30 years ago.
Not everyone was fooled, many persons turned down his offers and refused his gatherings. Trump was a regular target of ACT UP in the late 80's, they did a Halloween action at Trump Tower, very fitting for a horror show. There were a good number of arrests at more than one of their actions..

Not everyone has been slapping back and doing photo ops with him. Some have even declined large fees from his TV show. Yes.

[dhill926]

17. man, a lot of shit has been coming out lately...

and this is USA Today. This article actually appeared in our local rag as well. Starting to think for the first time, that maybe something is up, and he won't eventually be the nominee...

[spooky3]

30. if so, I wish they would hold off until after the convention, when it will be too late.

[moniss]

18. The real question

The New York media and national network people have known about this for decades. It is not news. Of course the man is a crook. That is not news. Well known around New York/New Jersey for decades. The real question is why did the media not put this front and center for almost a year? They let the Republican primary circus go along and kept feeding the Trump bandwagon. If this had been Sanders, Clinton, Cruz etc. they would have been non-stop about this. So why do we put up with folks who will now come on news programs and lie about this. You know they will all be acting like it's a revelation. That's why I can't watch that sh*t anymore. I don't care who it is doing the talking. His racism was well known also. From the beginning the media knew that they were knowingly holding back very explosive factual information on this jerk. The media owes the American people an answer. They are probably too busy getting ready to re-run the whitewash job they did about NYC before the New York primary. The whitewash job where the media all spent hours upon hours telling everybody about what a welcoming, diversity loving city it is. But nobody dared ask any of the lying talking heads "If that's true, then how come a black man still can't get a cab?"

[world wide wally]

19. He lies. He cheats, He steals.

Who wouldn't vote for him for President of the United States?... Besides maybe George Washington, Abe Lincoln, FDR, JFK.... and maybe a few billion other people.

[monmouth4]

20. Ivanka owed thousands on Worth Avenue, Palm Beach. Don't know if she ever paid up or not..n/t

[BlueStater]

21. Worst. Presidential nominee. Ever.

Republicans have to be crying in their beers at the clusterfuck their idiotic voters have made for them.

[Botany]

22. The man had a phony university, "the trump network" which sold woo and was a pyramid ...

.... scheme too, and held a fund raiser for the vets where he had the people write checks
to Donald Trump so this should be a .....

[IronLionZion]

23. This deadbeat is so much worse than Romney, McCain,

and most of the past several Republicans. This is a very deep level of sleaze and dishonest behavior.

His chances are very slim in the election. We just can't even have serious consideration of a person like this.

They key word of the general election race will be "qualified".

[63splitwindow]

24. Par for the course...

in the real estate development game. The big boys greedily starve the little guys BECAUSE THEY CAN. And the bigger the developer/general, the more ability they have to do so. The number of sub-contractors forced into bankruptcy in this manner is legion.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. jeeezus....

[zentrum]

25. Met a workman last weekend

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…who worked for a contractor who built a major building for Trump. In Florida.

It was a multimillion dollar project based on a contract. In the last two months Trump stopped all payment. This left the contractor holding 2million dollars in bills to pay his workers and suppliers. Trump said—"Sue me".

The contractor said this is Trump's common practice. The lawsuit ruins the contracter and they give up. Meantime the suit costsTrump about 30K and he saves several million.

[spooky3]

32. I believe it.

[smirkymonkey]

51. God, what an asshole!

I just can't believe that anyone can be THAT much of an asshole!

[Lance Bass esquire]

26. But..but..but...

His accountants use only the BEST numbers. These people he stiffed must be out of touch with the rest of the world. They are haters...everyone knows he is the best business man in the world. EVERYONE loves him.

[gregcrawford]

27. The arrogance of the wealthy...

... is based on their delusional belief that they are intrinsically superior to those less fortunate. It's the same syndrome that makes "royalty" feel that they're entitled to the wealth they steal from their "subjects." The children of the rich never learn the value of intangibles like honor, integrity, and compassion, because they've never had any. The people who clean their mansions and collect their trash are usually better people than they will ever be. Fuck 'em.

EAT THE RICH!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

48. I don't know why but ...

... I watch Rich Kids of Beverly Hills. Maybe because my girlfriend makes me. The way these kids act is atrocious. It's just sickening the entitlement these kids display.

[ailsagirl]

33. Once again-- MSM n/t

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

34. It's about time this gets media attetion. I'm sure many who support him won't

care about this either. As he said, he could shoot someone and still have loads of supporters. As long as it doesn't happen to them personally, they don't care.

But, hopefully, these revelations (not new, but most probably didn't know) will make at least some of his supporters come to their senses!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. Like is anyone really surpirsed?

That's his economic plan for the country too.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

37. K&R nt

[IronLionZion]

40. Makes promises he never intends to keep

kind of like his fucking wall, and his whole life apparently

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. Well at least it's in USA today.... I would think even Dumplodites will see it

Disgusting sewage.

[TeamPooka]

42. The Romney-ifcation of Trump begins. With the same result in Nov. nt

[keithbvadu2]

43. Can they put a contractor's lien on the property?

[elehhhhna]

44. Yes but no pay until it's sold. Or in Trumps case, bankrupted.

[malaise]

46. Don the Con

is a two-bit scumbag

[snort]

47. Speaking of protecting jobs,

how has that NAFTA thing worked out?

[JHB]

49. Not for Republicans: once Trump has what he wants from a little guy....

...he stiffs them. So what's he going to do for you after you've already handed him your vote?

Dine & Dash Don

[Stuart G]

50. k and r......when this gets around..it will destroy Trump with ALL small businessmen and women....

and...............This will get around...sooner or later..or in an ad that will not be forgotten......the end of Trump!!!!

There are businessmen in the Republican Party who will not like this one...too many lawsuits. not a few, but 3500..
only time will tell...the lead paragraphs would make a great one minute ad for us....!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlueCaliDem]

52. Deadbeat-Donald. That's what he is, a deadbeat.

deadbeat
Someone who doesn't pay their bills, screws up their credit, and then blames everyone else for their problems.

Fits Deadbeat-Donald to a "t".

[libodem]

53. He is a cartoon character

Truly a caricature of absurd extremist, 'family values'.

So outlandish it can't be real.

[floriduck]

54. What goes around, comes around. Find something worthwhile to flame since it applies to both

Presumptive nominees.

http://www.leoaffairs.com/news/hillary-clinton-not-paying-police-invoices-security-events/

[tallahasseedem]

55. This is fraud at its worst.

He knows that a lot of these hard working individuals have no choice but to accept what they can and that they can't afford to get caught up in a legal battle.

Trump is truly the devil.

[tavernier]

57. He even stole the tips from the servers.

Picture the trophy wife sitting in the Penthouse, sipping the most expensive champagne. Sleaze bag walks in, reaches in his pocket and pulls out sixty two dollar bills. Laughs. "Not much in the bar tip jar tonight. Maybe I'll walk over to the parking garage and shake down the valet drivers."