Lawsuit: Trump U a Sham

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 5 May 2011 8:21 AM

Remember Trump University? That’s what Donald Trump was selling before he decided to hawk himself as a potential presidential candidate. Well, the San Francisco Chronicle says a new lawsuit filed in California claims that instead of an education, the real estate mogul’s “school” offered up “expensive ‘infomercials’ disguised as educational classes that preyed on vulnerable Americans in ‘troubled economic times.’” What does a class at Trump University look like? This, according one of the suit’s plaintiffs: “Huge pictures of Trump - and strains of the song ‘Money’ - greeted attendees who were told that being a real estate mogul was ‘so easy ... that anyone can do it.’”

 

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