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In reply to the discussion: Law enforcement agencies are prepping for a possible Trump indictment as early as next week [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)48. If the political infrastructure in NY hadn't been so corrupt over the past century
but specifically over the past 50 years, he would have never gotten this far. The last time he was charged was with his father in the early '70s -
Major Landlord Accused Of Antiblack Bias in City
By Morris Kaplan
Oct. 16, 1973
The Department of Justice, charging discrimination against blacks in apartment rentals, brought suit in Federal Court in Brooklyn yesterday against the Trump Management Corporation, a major owner and manager of real estate here. The corporation, which owns and rents more than 14,000 apartments in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, was accused of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 in its operation of 39 buildings. Most are in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and in Jamaica Estates and Forest Hills, Queens.
Seeking an injunction to halt alleged discriminatory practises, the Government contended that Trump Management had refused to rent or negotiate rentals because of race and color. It also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to blacks that apartments were not available.
At the corporation's main office, 600 Avenue Z in Brooklyn, Donald Trump, president, denied the charges. They are absolutely ridiculous, he said. We never have discriminated, and we never would. There have been a number of local actions against us, and we've won them all. We were charged with discrimination, and we proved in court that we did not discriminate.
Mr. Trump and his father, Fred C. Trump, the principal stockholder and corporate board chairman, were also named as defendants. They are required to respond to the complaint within 20 days. The Trump family has been in the real‐estate business for more than 40 years. In Washington, J. Stanley Pottinger, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's civil‐rights division, termed the suit the second major rental discrimination action begun by the department in the last two years.
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https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/major-landlord-accused-of-antiblack-bias-in-city-us-accuses-major.html
By Morris Kaplan
Oct. 16, 1973
The Department of Justice, charging discrimination against blacks in apartment rentals, brought suit in Federal Court in Brooklyn yesterday against the Trump Management Corporation, a major owner and manager of real estate here. The corporation, which owns and rents more than 14,000 apartments in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, was accused of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 in its operation of 39 buildings. Most are in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and in Jamaica Estates and Forest Hills, Queens.
Seeking an injunction to halt alleged discriminatory practises, the Government contended that Trump Management had refused to rent or negotiate rentals because of race and color. It also charged that the company had required different rental terms and conditions because of race and that it had misrepresented to blacks that apartments were not available.
At the corporation's main office, 600 Avenue Z in Brooklyn, Donald Trump, president, denied the charges. They are absolutely ridiculous, he said. We never have discriminated, and we never would. There have been a number of local actions against us, and we've won them all. We were charged with discrimination, and we proved in court that we did not discriminate.
Mr. Trump and his father, Fred C. Trump, the principal stockholder and corporate board chairman, were also named as defendants. They are required to respond to the complaint within 20 days. The Trump family has been in the real‐estate business for more than 40 years. In Washington, J. Stanley Pottinger, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's civil‐rights division, termed the suit the second major rental discrimination action begun by the department in the last two years.
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https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/major-landlord-accused-of-antiblack-bias-in-city-us-accuses-major.html
He is the apple that didn't fall far from the tree because 20 years earlier, this happened related to his father -
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Law enforcement agencies are prepping for a possible Trump indictment as early as next week [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2023
OP
I think some-not many -have learned their lesson of Jan6th.--Trump WILL NOT STAND WITH THEM!!......
riversedge
Mar 2023
#3
And that's the pity. We (and MSM) forget about people like Abramoff, Norquist, Scanlon, Gingrich,
erronis
Mar 2023
#44
Do you think that these critters are actually the force behind the de-democratization process?
erronis
Mar 2023
#55
So this is still the libertarian/RW funders that are pulling the strings. Access to $$$ strings.
erronis
Mar 2023
#71
It probably wasn't the court since no indictments have happened yet...
getagrip_already
Mar 2023
#12
I hope this means there is heightened security at govt buildings across the 50 states
Hekate
Mar 2023
#23
If the political infrastructure in NY hadn't been so corrupt over the past century
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2023
#48
Not that I think this will never happen...or that I won't cheer when/if it does
LiberalLovinLug
Mar 2023
#31
This is a wise precaution because the celebrations could certainly get pretty rowdy.
HardPort
Mar 2023
#36
I am a retired fed who was working here in Philly during the time of the Oklahoma City Bombing
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2023
#57
Trump has committed SO many crimes, state and federal, there's just no way he doesn't get indicted.
Ligyron
Mar 2023
#42
Nixon wasn't undergoing a criminal investigation for indictment. But Agnew WAS.
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2023
#75