Tag Archives: Eric Schneiderman

REPORT: Trump To Settle Both Trump University Fraud Lawsuits For $25M, Won’t Admit To Any Wrongdoing

The New York Daily News reports: In a complete turnaround from his previous position, President-elect Donald Trump is nearing a settlement of the fraud cases brought in New York and California involving his now defunct for-profit Trump University, the Daily News has learned. Under the emerging deal being negotiated by Trump’s lawyers, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and …

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Trump University Fraud Trial To Proceed

Via Politico: Donald Trump’s legal troubles in New York aren’t going away any time soon, even as he secured enough electoral college votes to become president elect of the United States Tuesday. According to a spokeswoman with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office, there’s no post-election change of plans for the case against Trump and his now-shuttered university. “The …

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BREAKING: New York Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation To Cease Its Unlicensed Operations

The New York Times reports: The office of New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has issued a “notice of violation” to Donald J. Trump’s foundation, ordering it to immediately stop soliciting donations in New York. The letter, which was sent on Friday and released on Monday morning by Mr. Schneiderman’s office, said that its charities bureau had determined that …

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New York AG Eric Schneiderman Expands Trump Probe To Include “Self-Dealing” By Trump Foundation

Talking Points Memo reports: The New York attorney general’s investigation of the Donald J. Trump Foundation appears to have broadened to include new allegations of self-dealing by Trump that surfaced after the probe began, TPM has learned. The town of Palm Beach, Florida, has provided documents to the New York Attorney General’s Office as part of the probe, a lawyer …

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NEW YORK: AG Eric Schneiderman Opens Investigation Into Trump Foundation’s “Troubling Transactions”

Politico reports: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to make sure it’s complying with the laws governing charities in New York,” he said Tuesday. A source familiar with the matter confirmed Schneiderman’s remark and said the New York Attorney General’s office “has opened an inquiry into the Trump Foundation based …

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Trump Exposed As Donating $100K To Group Working Against New York AG Who Sued Trump University

Huge scoop from Yahoo News: Donald Trump’s charitable foundation gave $100,000 in 2014 to a conservative activist group that was used to help finance a federal lawsuit against New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — the same public official who was suing the real estate mogul for fraud over the operations of Trump University. The size and timing of …

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: Trump University Was A Fraud From Beginning To End [VIDEO]

Via Politico: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman stepped up his attacks on Donald Trump’s Trump University business venture on Thursday, alleging the businessman and presumptive Republican nominee ran a thoroughly fraudulent enterprise. “In New York, we have laws against business fraud, we have laws against consumer fraud,” Schneiderman told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America,” when asked which …

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NEW YORK: AG Eric Schneiderman Says He Was Tricked About $116M Sale Of AIDS Hospice To Developer

From the New York Daily News: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office says it was misled about the sale of the Rivington House Lower East Side AIDS care facility to a condo developer. State law requires court approval — with recommendations from the Attorney General’s Office and state Health Department — whenever a not-for-profit facility like Rivington House is converted into …

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New York Attorney General: Many Herbal Supplements Don’t Contain Listed Plants

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman yesterday announced that an investigation by his office has revealed that 79% of tested herbal supplements sold in several major chains do not contain the plants listed on the labels. Via the Associated Press: GNC, Target, Walmart and Walgreen Co. sold supplements that either couldn’t be verified to contain the labeled substance or that …

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NEW YORK: Trump Files $100M Libel Suit Against State Attorney General

Last August, New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued Donald Trump, allegedly that his Trump University real estate school was a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme that charged seminar attendees thousands of dollars for useless training.  Yesterday Trump sued Schneiderman for $100M, saying that the state has damaged his reputation. Yeah. Reputation. In legal papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Trump …

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New York Cracks Down On Fake Reviews

The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has fined 19 companies for posting fake reviews of themselves on sites like Yelp and Yahoo. The fines range as high as $75,000 and behind these fake reviews is quite an industry. Investigators working for Mr. Schneiderman began by posing as the owner of a Brooklyn yogurt shop that was the …

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Trump Launches Site Attacking New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

This weekend New York state Attorney General sued Donald Trump for $40M, claiming that his Trump University is a bait-and-switch scam. In response, Trump’s camp has already launched a website attacking Schneiderman. From the site: “98% of Trump University students rated the program ‘excellent’ while only 4% of New York State registered voters rated Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s performance as …

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NEW YORK: State AG Sues Donald Trump Over “Fraudulent” Trump University

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a $40M lawsuit against Donald Trump, claiming that his Trump University is a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme. “Trading on his celebrity status, Mr. Trump personally appeared in advertisements making false promises to convince people to spend tens of thousands of dollars they couldn’t afford for lessons they never got,” Schneiderman said. “No …

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NFL Won’t Ask About Sexuality

Thanks to a deal with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.Via Capital New York: Under an agreement reached with the NFL and the Player’s Association, the league’s collective bargaining agreement will be expanded to protect newly recruited players from being asked questions such as whether they like women or have a girlfriend. Schneiderman’s office was concerned the questions were designed …

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Ted Olson & NY AG Eric Schneiderman Editorialize Against Civil Unions

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today published an op-ed piece in the New York Daily News explaining why civil unions are an unacceptable compromise in the marriage equality battle. Olson, as you doubtlessly know, was the co-lead attorney in the battle to overturn Prop 8. An excerpt from today’s essay: A civil …

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Quote Of The Day – Eric Schneiderman

“I’ve watched the video of him assaulting Karla Giraldo enough times. I don’t have any interest in watching him hit anyone else – including me. This is a guy who battered a woman. I am not going to a shooting competition with the Son of Sam, either.” – NY Sen. Eric Schneiderman, turning down disgraced former Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s offer …

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New York’s Heroes

The four Democrats below delivered the most impassioned and stirring pro-equality speeches of the day. If you didn’t get to watch the proceedings live, please watch as each Senator approaches the issue from a different direction. Sen. Eric Adams, with gripping historical comparisons. Sen. Diane Savino, with great humor and pop culture references. Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, with a heartbreaking personal …

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