Posted on 01/30/2016 6:28:10 PM PST by Zhang Fei
Donald Trump moved closer to a jury trial over allegations he misled Trump University students with promises that seminars as good as the Wharton business school would be taught by his "handpicked" instructors.
Trump, 69, and the school on Wednesday lost a bid to throw out the claims by senior citizens and other disappointed students ahead of trial. The billionaire and his business, which stopped enrolling students in 2010 and changed its name to Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, convinced U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego there was no need for a court order barring further misrepresentations about the seminars.
A pretrial hearing is set for January in the five-year-old lawsuit as the real estate tycoon pursues the Republican nomination for president.
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Trump called the New York attorney general "incompetent" and a "lightweight." The suit is pending. Other consumer cases were filed in Florida and California.
"If you go to Wharton or Harvard, they didn't have a 98% approval rating," Trump, who graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, told CNN after Schneiderman's lawsuit was filed. "People loved the school. The school was terrific."
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That’s nothing! Cruz sent out a tacky mailer, didn’t you hear?
This is absurd.
The king of fraud, political corruption, and sleazy deals could be sharing a cell with his good friend Hellary.
Crains who, what?
It’s getting stupid.
So Trump is going to get sued? Then by his standards, I guess he should drop out of the race!
Mailer won’t matter...Cruz already lost Iowa.
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——This is absurd.——
No, it’s called fraud....
If he is found guilty....
The jury will decide...
I’m guessing you’re one of the commenters on that source link.
Braincrainp.
I love the reposting of old stories. Smells like desperation. Looking forward to Monday! How about you? ;)
The maggots, cockroaches and rank parasites are really coming out of the woodwork. It just going to get worse.
You know, Crains...
Of course, Hillary will never be indicted, nor tried.
He’s a scam artist. Is ANYONE surprised?
I attended Dale Carnegie courses early in my career, I believe they called themselves Dale Carnegie University but they never issued degrees. I did get some good pointers on public speaking and stress management. But would never compare that to a four-year college education.
Not sure "diploma mill" applies here.
What's new about this is that he may have to testify, instead of simply being able to hide behind his shysters. What would be amusing is if during discovery, the prosecutorial team discovered that Trump finagled the 98% approval ratings.
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