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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 07:30 PM Dec 2016

Judge gives early approval to Trump University settlement

Source: Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement between President-elect Donald Trump and former students of Trump University who claimed they were misled by his promises to teach success in real estate.

The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel triggers procedural steps that will lead to a March 30 hearing for final approval.

Curiel said Tuesday that the agreement for Trump to pay $25 million is “fair, adequate and reasonable,” as required by federal law. Trump admits no wrongdoing in settling two class-action lawsuits in San Diego and a civil lawsuit in New York filed by that state’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman.

Attorneys for Trump and the former students announced the terms last month and submitted a formal agreement for the judge’s approval Monday.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/12/21/judge-gives-early-approval-to-trump-university-settlement/

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Judge gives early approval to Trump University settlement (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Can we begin by suing him for being an idiot pResident? ffr Dec 2016 #1
$35,000 x 5,000 students. louis-t Dec 2016 #2
Soon to be Grotus - Grifter of the United States benld74 Dec 2016 #3

ffr

(22,670 posts)
1. Can we begin by suing him for being an idiot pResident?
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 07:46 PM
Dec 2016

That's a class action lawsuit I could get behind.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
2. $35,000 x 5,000 students.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 08:03 PM
Dec 2016

$175 mil. Somebody just made $150 mil. defrauding people. Fair and reasonable?

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