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con don dodger don double-dealer don On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 1:02:27 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote: > > <http://www.cnn.com/profiles/david-wright> > > By David Wright <http://www.cnn.com/profiles/david-wright>, CNN > > Updated 9:36 AM ET, Thu June 2, 2016 > [image: Ex-employees describe Trump University as a scam] > > > > <http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/eric-schneiderman-attorney-general-trump-university-fraud/#> > > Ex-employees describe Trump University as a scam 04:25 > > (CNN)New York's attorney general, who is leading a lawsuit against Trump > University there, made his view of the case clear on Thursday: "It's fraud. > This is straight up fraud." > Eric Schneiderman laced into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump > over the suit during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," repeatedly > describing the businessman as dishonest and manipulative in his role with > the now-defunct program. > "The law is very clear. The law protects the gullible as well as the > sophisticated. As we've seen over the course of the last year, there are a > lot of people who fall for Mr. Trump's promises and rhetoric," Schneiderman > said. > > > READ: Judge directs internal Trump University docs to be released > <http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/politics/trump-university-donald-trump-documents/> > Trump is currently facing three separate lawsuits > <http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/politics/trump-university-fraud-claims/> -- > two class action suits filed in California and one in New York by > Schneiderman -- which argue the program that took in an estimated $40 > million, but was mired in fraud and deception. > Schneiderman's case argues that Trump and Michael Sexton, the former > president of the program, engaged in fraudulent, illegal and deceptive > conduct, and that although the program promised to offer courses taught by > experts personally selected by Trump, the teachers were neither handpicked > nor experts. > Schneiderman has repeatedly lambasted Trump and his "university," telling > CNN's Carol Costello Tuesday on "Newsroom" that Trump "defrauded people out > of money. They're entitled to their day in court." > "This is a hugely important case. If you look at the facts of this case, > this shows someone who was absolutely shameless in his willingness to lie > to people, to say whatever it took to induce them into his phony seminars," > Schneiderman told CNN. "Telling people who are in hard economic times -- > we're talking about 2008, 2009 -- people desperate to hold onto their > homes, to make some money, convincing them that he will teach them his > entrepreneurial secrets." > Schneiderman also stressed to MSNBC that his suit was not political. > "We sued him in 2013. He says it's a political case. Nobody in August 2013 > thought that this guy was going to be the Republican nominee for > president," the attorney general said Thursday. "Thousands of people were > bilked out of millions of dollars. Our first priority is to get their money > back and to reestablish the legitimacy of educational institutions in New > York State." > And Schneiderman was emphatic about the merits of the suit, rebutting the > argument advanced by Trump that students have said they were happy with the > product they received from the school. > "This is straight up fraud. It's like selling people a Mercedes and > getting a Volkswagen. Even if people say, 'I kind of like the Volkswagen,' > it's still fraud, not a Mercedes," Schneiderman said. > Schneiderman also revealed that Trump -- who has loudly proclaimed he > "never settles" cases -- had tried to seek a settlement in the case. > "He did offer to settle. He settles cases all the time," Schneiderman > said, adding that as a result of "a series of motions" and appeals, "I > don't think we'll have a trial until after the election." > Trump defended Trump University > <http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/politics/trump-university-donald-trump-documents/> > last > week during a campaign rally in San Diego, where he attacked several of the > judges involved in the case. > "The trial is going to take place sometime in November. There should be no > trial. This should have been dismissed on summary judgment easily, > everybody says it. But I have judge who is a hater of Donald Trump, a > hater. He's a hater," Trump said. > "I could have settled this case many times, but I don't want to settle > cases when we are right. I don't believe in it. And when you start settling > cases, you know what happens? Everybody sues you because you get known as > settler. One thing about me, I am not known as a settler," Trump told the > crowd. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
