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kpete

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Wed Jun 1, 2016, 07:32 AM Jun 2016

Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony [View all]

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https://twitter.com/stevenjldamico/status/737732136187334656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw




MORE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/us/politics/donald-trump-university.html



Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids

"We teach the technique of using OPM ... other people’s money,” reads one sales script that was obtained by The Hill. "Most students who are invited to this program use established lines of credit, like a credit card, utilizing the bank’s money, OPM, to handle their tuition. I’m not talking about tens of thousands of dollars, but on the other hand, not a couple of hundred dollars either.”

If a cash-strapped applicant said, "I don't like using my credit cards and going into debt," the playbook instructed recruiters to respond, "Do you like living paycheck to paycheck? ... Do you enjoy seeing everyone else but yourself in their dream houses and driving their dreams cars with huge checking accounts? Those people saw an opportunity, and didn't make excuses, like what you're doing now."

MORE:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/trump-u-targeted-single-parents-with-hungry-kids.html?mid=facebook_nymag




Former Employees Call Trump University a "Façade" That "Preyed Upon the Elderly and Uneducated


http://www.cafe.com/cafes-exclusive-poll-96-americans-believe-donald-trumps-manhood-average-average-size/?utm_source=TwitterOnsite



Trump Stole Highly Private Personal Financial Info From Trump University Dupes

The playbooks instructed staff to have students fill out forms detailing their personal assets, ostensibly to provide targeted recommendations for investment. The playbooks, however, said the real purpose was to determine which students were good targets for the most expensive programs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-involved-in-crafting-controversial-trump-university-ads-executive-testified/2016/05/31/f032a488-2741-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/31/1533023/-Trump-Stole-Highly-Private-Personal-Financial-Info-From-Trump-University-Dupes







here too:
https://americanbridgepac.org/seven-most-shocking-trump-u-document-revelations/
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