Tarla Makaeff poses in her home in Irvine, Calif. Makaeff is the lead plaintiff in a fraud claim lawsuit against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's now-defunct Trump University. During the Republican debate on Thursday, March 3, 2016, Trump's rivals attacked him for allegedly preying on people who enrolled in Trump University's real estate investment seminars and for hiring unqualified instructors, a key contention in the lawsuit.