Trump seeks delay in trial over university fraud suits until after inauguration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has requested that a trial over a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University be put on hold until after the presidential inauguration, according to a motion filed by his lawyer late Saturday. A trial in federal court in ...
Ryan, other Republicans blast Trump's racist rants but still back him, even if at arm's length
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Donald Trump's comments about a U.S.-born judge of Mexican heritage are the "textbook definition of a racist comment," but the GOP's top elected official said he still backs Trump for president. "I regret those comments he made. Claiming ...
Top Republicans may be 'all behind' Trump but have to still keep telling him to drop racist rants
A pair of powerful Senate Republicans on Sunday warned Donald Trump to drop his attacks on a Latino judge presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University, joining the widespread rejection of their presumptive presidential nominee's treatment of the federal jurist. A third prominent Republican ...
Trump U. staff told to stall probes, scrutiny quietly ended after political funds paid
The manual for the staff at Trump University events was precise: The room temperature should be 68 degrees. Seats should be arranged in a theater-style curve. And government prosecutors had no right to see any documents without a warrant. Instructing employees how to stall law ...
Trump University: Sales strategy foreshadowed campaign
Grand promises. Boundless boasts. Absolute faith in the man behind it all. The strategies that Donald Trump's now-defunct educational company used to woo customers have plenty of echoes of the presumptive Republican nominee's current pitch to voters, based on newly disclosed court documents about Trump ...
Trump University instructed employees on how to play on peoples' emotions to get them to buy more expensive seminars for succeeding in real estate, according to nearly 400 pages of court documents unsealed Tuesday. The "playbooks" for the now-defunct business owned by Donald Trump, the ...
Judge branded as 'hater' by Trump unseals documents in suit against candidate's university
A judge, called a "hater" by Donald Trump for his handling of a lawsuit related to the businessman's Trump University real estate school, has unsealed documents related to the case. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is fighting a lawsuit that accuses his school venture ...
Trump a study in burned investors, stiffed workers, boardroom bravado, debt-dodging failures
To his supporters, the business career of Donald Trump is proof he's got the decisiveness and smarts required to lead the country. To critics, his exaggerated claims, burned customers and four bankruptcies suggest a man wholly disqualified for the office. The truth: It's complicated. Criticized by ...
Candidate calls Hispanic judge's ethnicity factor in Trump University suit
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case. Asked on "Fox News Sunday" what U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel's ethnicity has ...
Suits against 'Trump University' success seminars paint harsh reality of financial deceit
In 2009, California businessman Art Cohen received a letter from Donald Trump with a "special invitation" and two VIP tickets for a Trump University seminar promising to help make Cohen rich. The letter, emblazoned with a school coat of arms, urged Cohen to attend the ...
