Posted on 02/19/2016 7:05:50 PM PST by Kaslin
Hillary Clinton isn't the only presidential candidate dealing with legal problems. Yahoo News is reporting on multiple lawsuits being dealt with by Donald Trump, including a class action suit whose lead plaintiff claims that Trump has been threatening her with financial ruin.
The accusation was made in a motion by the woman - Tarla Makaeff, a California yoga instructor - to withdraw as lead plaintiff, asserting she has been "put through the wringer" by Trump and his lawyers and forced to "suffer daily with the fear that she could be bankrupted by Trump."
Exactly what Trump said in his December deposition is unclear. The transcript is sealed and the excerpt cited by Makaeff's lawyers was blacked out in the copy of the filing obtained by Yahoo News. The motion in support of Makaeff's effort to back out of the suit claims she needs protection "from further retaliation" by the billionaire, who is leading in the polls for the Republican nomination for president.
The underlying class action lawsuit, filed in 2010, charges that Makaeff and thousands of other students were "scammed" into maxing out their credit cards and paying up to $60,000 in fees for seminars in hotel ballrooms and "mentoring" by Trump's "hand-picked" real estate experts. The lawsuit against the school, which is no longer in business, alleges the seminars turned into little more than an "infomercial" and the Trump mentors she was assigned offered "no practical advice" and "mostly disappeared." New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a separate suit in 2013 alleging fraud on the part of the "university," which was never an accredited institution and awarded no degrees.
Trump's lawyers have vigorously denied the claims and vowed to contest both suits.
"None of it is true. No one was defrauded," said Alan Garten, the Trump Organization's general counsel, in an interview about the fraud cases last summer. "The people that take these classes go into it with their eyes open. A lot of people did very well with [Trump University.] A lot of people enjoyed it. But, like everything else, if people don't put the effort into it [they don't succeed]."
In other words, caveat emptor, baby. Most of us would see that as predatory capitalism, and along with the bullying, fits Trump to a "T."
In addition to the hundreds of plaintiffs in the suit against Trump University, there are Trump's own efforts to strike back in court against his enemies:
Trump has made little secret of his inclination to strike back hard - on the campaign trail and in the courts - against anybody who opposes him. But the secret deposition in the San Diego case calls attention to the danger that a Trump presidency could turn into what one lawyer who has sued Trump called a "litigation circus" in which a sitting president would be forced to submit to multiple depositions and even jury trials as a result of ongoing civil lawsuits.
Little noticed while he has emerged as the Republican frontrunner for president, Trump remains mired in litigation on multiple fronts. In addition to defending the Trump University suits, he has initiated legal action in the past year against restaurateurs and the Univision network after they pulled out of business deals over his comments about Mexican immigrants. He has also recently threatened to sue rival Ted Cruz on the grounds that he is not eligible to be president because he was born in Canada. At a CNN forum Thursday night, in response to a question about his propensity to threaten opponents with lawsuits, Trump replied, in part, "I have wonderful lawyers. I like to send letters."
Trump's legal difficulties are more of a distraction than anything else. Hillary Clinton is mired in a legal nightmare with potential criminal charges on the way. So from that standpoint, the two candidates are dealing with totally separate issues.
But delving into Trump's legal issues reveals this cold observation: the lawsuits and what's behind them should concern Republican primary voters going forward. He is using the law as a club to get back at his enemies.
Is this really a quality Republicans want in their nominee?
Keep the crisis hotline on speed dial tomorrow night, wouldn’t want you to get that fast ‘busy’ signal when all the Trump-haters are clogging the lines trying to get some help with their suicidal thoughts.
Get in line, PJ Media.
Trump is the epitome of a crony corporatist.
Legal issues? As one who was imprisoned for defending my own life and others and finally getting off when the corrupt DA and Judge had their nuts in a vice, I will wait for judgment day in lieu of BS charges.
The ONLY plan for making America great again has been from this guy.
Writer Rick Moran asks why no one is asking about Trump’s legal problems, then in the 2nd sentence of article writes (that his fellow MSM queers): “Yahoo News is reporting on multiple lawsuits being dealt with by Donald Trump .. “.
Is he some kind of retard? I mean, besides being a reporter.
No one is asking about Rick Moran’s spousal abuse allegations.
Not a Trump fan but Yahoo News?
Are you referring to those trumped up legal charges?
Keep on dreaming Trumpee
Why is no one asking Ted Cruz about his lying problems??
Trump didn’t wear “the only principled conservative in the race” like a priestly garment. Trump didn’t write a book titled “A Time For Truth”. Ted Cruz did that. That’s where Ted set the bar before it came crashing down.
No one expected Trump to be anything but Trump.
Lies of omission;
“Also known as a continuing misrepresentation, a lie by omission occurs when an important fact is left out in order to foster a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures
to correct pre-existing misconceptions.”
So ironic that the title of his book is “A Time For Truth”. Highly disappointed I bought it, and believed it. I wonder if he will give me a refund?
Here’s an example of Ted’s lies of omission, seven lies and misrepresentations in under three minutes. That is walking the talk “the most principled conservative in the race”???
Lie 1 - Pro-abortion and supporting partial birth abortion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=197
Lie 2 - Trump is calling for the same socialized medicine as Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=216
Lie 3 - pushed partial birth abortion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=239
Lie 4 - Even as a candidate Donald says we need to have full on socialized medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=298
Lie 5 - at the debates he said we ought to have socialized medicine like Canada and Scotland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=302
Lie 6 - If you as a republican don’t support socialized medicine you are heartless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=312
Lie 7 - If you want to see Bernie sanders style of socialized medicine Trump is your guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=335
“Donald Trump has been named in at least 169 federal lawsuits, according to a LawNewz.com investigation. They read like a history of Trump’s business failures, successes, and bombastic personality. With Trump threatening a lawsuit against Ted Cruz, his surge in the polls, and his big win in New Hampshire, we thought now was as good a time as any to review of some of the Donald’s legal skirmishes.”
Oh yes I am. There is some real BS going on in out judicial system. Honesty is what is lacking.
The media is waiting for him to get the nomination then they will torpedo him.
Yahoo News made up these stories out of whole cloth?
“Why Is No One Asking Trump About His Legal Problems?”
Duh, they’re waiting for him to get the nomination first. Anything else is over-analyzing it.
They're saving for the bloodbath that will surely follow if Trump actually becomes the nominee. Dana has a preview.
Because they’re afraid he’ll sue ‘em!
He’s a blustering spoiled brat who I would be embarrassed to have in our white house.
Guys as rich as Trump probably have tens of active cases against them almost all the time.
Wow, someone really tripped over something here.
The Crewz team should open up a nothing burger chain.
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