While the news that Trump settled the Trump University fraud cases is great for the thousands of people he defrauded, the fact that the next President Of The United States had to spend millions to avoid a fraud trial speaks volumes about his lack of ethics.
While the news that Trump settled the Trump University fraud cases is great for the thousands of people he defrauded, the fact that the next President Of The United States had to spend millions to avoid a fraud trial speaks volumes about his lack of ethics.
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a statement about Trump’s decision to settle:
In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known as Trump University. Donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes. Today’s $25 million settlement agreement is a stunning reversal by Donald Trump and a major victory for the over 6,000 victims of his fraudulent university.
I am pleased that under the terms of this settlement, every victim will receive restitution and that Donald Trump will pay up to $1 million in penalties to the State of New York for violating state education laws. The victims of Trump University have waited years for today’s result and I am pleased that their patience–and persistence–will be rewarded by this $25 million settlement.
The good news is that the thousands of Americans who Trump cheated finally got their money back. The bad news is that the only reason that they got their money back is that the fraudster will soon President Of The United States. One gets the sense that news organizations who interested in informing the American people are going to need to assign reporters to the daily of covering Trump and his administration’s corruption.
The American people should be horrified that the incoming president had to spend $25 million to avoid being tried for fraud.
The press has done so much already to normalize Trump’s corrupt behavior that many aren’t batting an eye over the settlement.
It bears repeating. This is not normal. Incoming presidents don’t usual have to settle fraud cases before they take the oath of office. There is something very wrong here, and if the media and the American people treat Trump like a regular president, they will live to regret it.
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