Tag Archives: Trump University

FLORIDA: Democrats Call For Federal Investigation Into Donald Trump’s Donation To AG Pam Bondi

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Even as another Democratic state lawmaker called for an investigation of a campaign donation given by Donald Trump to Attorney General Pam Bondi, questions arose Wednesday about who would conduct such a probe. State Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, wrote to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking the Department of Justice to look into the matter. “There …

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Trump Surrogate Jeffrey Lord: Speaker Paul Ryan Is A Racist For Calling Out Trump As A Racist [VIDEO]

So this just actually happened. Via Mediaite: CNN contributor and Donald Trump fan Jeffrey Lord didn’t waste any time in hitting back at Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan after the latter called out Trump’s ethnic attacks on a Mexican-American judge, saying Tuesday that Ryan was the real racist. Ryan had said during a press conference only moments before …

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Lindsey Graham: GOP Leaders Must Un-Endorse Trump

As the “Mexican” judge furor continues to build, Sen. Lindsey Graham has reversed on last month’s tepid endorsement of Donald Trump and wants other GOP leaders to follow suit. From the New York Times: No prominent elected Republican came to Mr. Trump’s defense unreservedly. And others found themselves wondering aloud what it would take — what Mr. Trump would have …

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REPORT: Florida AG Pam Bondi Personally Solicited Donation From Trump Before Dropping Fraud Case

Several times in recent weeks I’ve mentioned the suspicious timing regarding Pam Bondi’s decision not to pursue fraud charges against Trump University. Finally this story is getting some traction. Via the Associated Press: Florida’s attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University …

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Trump Campaign Co-Chair Carl Paladino: Donald Trump Lives In The Real World Of Anti-White Racism [VIDEO]

Via Politico: Donald Trump is “not a racist,” Carl Paladino, the honorary co-chair of his Republican campaign said Monday. “By far he’s not a racist,” Paladino told CNN after host Carol Costello mentioned a piece from The Resurgent’s Erick Erickson calling Trump’s attacks against Judge Gonzalo Curiel racist. Erickson, who has said he will never support Trump, “just likes to …

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Hillary Slams Trump’s Racism In New Ad [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Hillary Clinton’s campaign unveiled its latest ad against Donald Trump on Monday, highlighting comments from notable Republicans publicly rebuking their party’s presumptive nominee for his comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel. The video opens with a clip of Trump’s interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper last Friday in which the Manhattan real-estate magnate rejected the notion that his criticism of …

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Trump Adds Muslim Judges To “Unfair” List [VIDEO]

Via the Guardian: Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has said “it’s possible” that Muslim judges, in addition to Hispanic jurists, would be biased against him and thus ineligible to oversee any case involving him. Democrats and Republicans alike have rebuked Trump for his insistence that a federal judge, an American citizen since his birth to Mexican immigrants in Indiana, is …

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Paul Ryan Disavows Trump’s Attack On Judge

NBC News reports: One day after endorsing Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan disavowed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s accusations of bias against the judge in the Trump University case because of his “Mexican heritage.” Ryan told WISN’s “Up Front with Vicki McKenna” on Friday that the comment was “out of left field.” “It’s reasoning I don’t relate to. I …

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Trump Doubles Down On Judge: He’s Unfair Because He’s Mexican And I’m Going To Build That Wall [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Donald Trump on Friday vociferously defended his claims that a judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University is biased because of his Mexican heritage — pushing back against criticism that his objections are racist. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” Trump repeatedly referenced his plans to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and renegotiate …

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Megyn Kelly RIPS Trump Over “Mexican” Judge [VIDEO]

Whoa. So much for their “truce.” The Hill reports: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Thursday night said Donald Trump is “out of line” for calling the Mexican heritage of a federal judge, who is overseeing a fraud lawsuit against Trump University, a conflict of interest. “You tell me – I’m a journalist here at Fox News and I’ve been …

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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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Rachel Maddow Laments Trump’s Open Racism [VIDEO]

Last night Rachel Maddow reported on Donald Trump’s continuing attacks on the judge hearing the Trump University case. After recalling Rick Santorum’s infamous 2012 “blah people” incident, Maddow lamented that Trump’s “explicit and unambiguous” racism is so open, it’s like he has “crossed about a dozen Rubicons and then gone back in and filled them with bulldozers.” Watch below.

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Trump Defends Trump University With “Testimonials” From Paid Testimonial Performers [VIDEO]

From the clip description: The recent press attacks upon Trump University have not been an accurate representation of the professionally run school that provided a quality real estate education. While the press has taken selected portions of documents and testimony and spun them in order to further their agenda of attacking Mr. Trump’s business record, the true story is best …

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TESTIMONY: Trump University Was A Scam

Not that we didn’t know this. From the New York Times: In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors, made deceptive claims and exploited vulnerable students willing to pay tens of thousands for Mr. …

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