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GaYellowDawg

(4,449 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 07:38 AM Jul 2016

Trump ordered to pay 300K for lawyer's fees after losing lawsuit... [View all]

I wish the Clinton/Kaine campaign would start using this line: How can Trump say that he's the "law and order" candidate when he acts like he's above the law? Because he does, in his financial dealings. Or this line: It's got to be a lot easier to make money when you don't pay your bills!

Check out the latest episode. Bold added by me...

Circuit Court Judge Jorge Cueto, presiding over a lawsuit related to unpaid bills brought by a local paint store against the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort, ordered the billionaire politician’s company to pay the Doral-based mom-and-pop shop nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees.

All because, according to the lawsuit, Trump allegedly tried to stiff The Paint Spot on its last payment of $34,863 on a $200,000 contract for paint used in the renovation of the home of golf’s famed Blue Monster two years ago.


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Trump National’s insistence that it had “paid enough” for the paint despite a contract, according to the lawsuit, caused The Paint Spot to slap a lien on the property and Cueto to order the foreclosure sale of the resort.


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“I’m happy I have a judgment,” said Juan Carlos Enriquez, owner of The Paint Spot. “But he [Trump] hasn’t paid yet.


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jose-lambiet/article91353232.html#storylink=cpy
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The fact that a deadbeat like trump is winning over Hillary ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #1
Oh, come on. GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #9
Still I like the idea of HRC using that story of a "deadbeat" Trump in her speeches henceforth. Stevepol Jul 2016 #30
Deadbeat Don; Don the Con. Emphasize that he is a rich, powerful guy tblue37 Jul 2016 #37
Lol. Keep shoveling. That judge's decision was DURING Hortensis Jul 2016 #18
Deadbeat, serial husband, liar, cheat. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #22
No he doesn't, and we all know it. Hortensis Jul 2016 #23
CNN today. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #27
I wouldn't apologize for accusing CNN of wanting Hortensis Jul 2016 #29
I don't want to fight. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #36
He's not "winning over Hillary". He's got a little bump from the convention.... George II Jul 2016 #32
"Hey, I've paid enough!" Ilsa Jul 2016 #2
I've paid enough too... annabanana Jul 2016 #4
Well, you know what would happen to us. Ilsa Jul 2016 #7
It'd be a whole lot easier to accumulate wealth, wouldn't it? GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #11
straight up gangster annabanana Jul 2016 #3
He complains that NATO nations aren't paying their Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #5
I hope the media vet the crap out of Trump RussBLib Jul 2016 #26
That maggot has the nerve to call Hillary crooked??????????? Motley13 Jul 2016 #6
Uncle Scam, Don the Con had perfected the art of malaise Jul 2016 #12
Yep. Greedy Donald or Cheating Donald. Maybe even Debtor Donald. GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #15
Why aren't there bill boards up in lets say Florida, New York, saying turbinetree Jul 2016 #8
How much do you suppose a billboard like that costs? SheilaT Jul 2016 #14
I really don't know probably around 600 to 1,000 a month turbinetree Jul 2016 #16
+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #17
I look at it as a small investment with a large return----------------------FLORIDA turbinetree Jul 2016 #20
Hillary camp isn't letting this slide- she brought it up on 60 Minutes last night wishstar Jul 2016 #10
That is GREAT. GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #13
I still owe $600 on my new sorefeet Jul 2016 #19
Good luck in collecting... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #21
Not paid yet? Push through the foreclosure sale. Let Trump borrow from Putin. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #24
the simple fact is, the repukes own or control most of the media. Javaman Jul 2016 #25
Should be easy to cover, media! treestar Jul 2016 #28
#KremlinDon trending well this week bucolic_frolic Jul 2016 #31
You guys got it all wrong... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #33
Obviously the MSM think the people don't need to know this. Doodley Jul 2016 #34
Judge Jorge Cueto? Me thinks there is bias here Friend or Foe Jul 2016 #35
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