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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:05 AM Jul 2016

Trump Wants to Block Release of Trump University Video Testimony

by The Associated Press
JULY 13, 2016, 6:55 AM EDT

A federal judge who has been a target of Donald Trump’s unending scorn must decide whether to release videos of the presumed Republican presidential nominee testifying in a lawsuit about the now-defunct Trump University — images that Trump’s attorneys worry will be used to tarnish the campaign.

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel faces Trump’s attorneys Wednesday for the first time since he permitted the release of unrelated documents in a class-action lawsuit alleging fraud, a move that led Trump to intensify his unusual attacks on the judge that included mention of his Mexican heritage.

The lawsuits allege that Trump University, which wasn’t accredited as a school, gave seminars and classes across the country that were like infomericals, constantly pressuring students to spend up to $35,000 for mentorships and, in the end, failing on its promise to teach success in real estate ...


http://fortune.com/2016/07/13/donald-trump-university-testimony/

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Trump Wants to Block Release of Trump University Video Testimony (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2016 OP
Trump has already said this process was "rigged" Zambero Jul 2016 #1

Zambero

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1. Trump has already said this process was "rigged"
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:57 AM
Jul 2016

The unfair Mexican judge hater and all. But if he is making his case in a truthful and transparent manner, what does he have to fear? And if he is lying scoundrel, he would not want his testimony made public. Same with his tax returns. Nothing unseemly? Then let's have a look.

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