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3. There was the ongoing fraud lawsuit against Trump University

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Tue Jul 18, 2017, 10:51 AM

Jul 2017

And the President agreed to pay $25 million to settle it (which hasn't been paid yet because a litigant who wasn't part of the class settlement filed an appeal against the settlement). This was pretty common knowledge, but you're right: The popular media were far more focused on Secretary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server (that was never compromised) than they were on Candidate Trump's publicly available record of cheating people. For some reason.

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Trump has stiffed hundreds of working class people, contractors, etc. [View all] ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 OP

Actually, there were a number of people there who had been stiffed. flor-de-jasmim Jul 2017 #1

you'll have to refresh my memory ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 #2

Cant remember the specifics -- I just checked Democratic Convention, and flor-de-jasmim Jul 2017 #6

sure. But they should have been featured, as I said ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 #7

There was the ongoing fraud lawsuit against Trump University gratuitous Jul 2017 #3

it's almost like the media were having fun kicking the sane candidate ProfessorPlum Jul 2017 #4

It was well known. Clinton also ran commercials about it. NCTraveler Jul 2017 #5

I have always wondered that too. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #8

Well, there was this one in MIami who had to sue to get paid. Guess what? He voted for Trump lunamagica Jul 2017 #9

I know they ran some. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2017 #10

as a small business man this is about the first thing i always bring up dembotoz Jul 2017 #11