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We focus primarily on the American scene but also cover world politics. "},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/-\/Fraud?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=2"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Fraud"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/-\/Fraud\/-\/Fraud?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=3\u0026max-results=2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"4"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"2"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-4338939623486204017"},"published":{"$t":"2016-06-08T19:35:00.000+03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-15T12:52:48.373+03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Election 2016"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fraud"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gop"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Law"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"marketing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Republican Party"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trump University"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trump University Playbook Reveals the Manipulative Techniques Trump Used  to Bilk Consumers"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: #bdbdbd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-w46-rtrY57Y\/V1hCWT_bh7I\/AAAAAAAAMfM\/87Yw0tObtuk0eA5yB-VLnP7Me7Q6Ky6EgCKgB\/s1600\/ConTrump.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-w46-rtrY57Y\/V1hCWT_bh7I\/AAAAAAAAMfM\/87Yw0tObtuk0eA5yB-VLnP7Me7Q6Ky6EgCKgB\/s400\/ConTrump.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EUnsealed documents from Trump University reveal some of the sophisticated techniques the recruiters used to break down prospective students' resistance. Many of them paid a very heavy price for their trust in Trump and his university.\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #cccccc; font-family: \u0026quot;times\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EO\u003C\/span\u003Ene of the documents I stumbled across was the 48-page sales manual for the university (PDF embedded below). After a quick glance at the material, it is not a surprise that Republican candidate Trump would be plenty peeved that the federal judge allowed it to be released to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe manual- Exhibit D in the trial- does not paint a very flattering portrait of the operation nor the man behind it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOverall, the university playbook sounds nothing like an educational institution and much more like a high-pressure telemarketing sales campaign. That is confirmed by insiders who witnessed the operations for themselves.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSaid one top university official in her testimony:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIn my experience, the focus of Trump University was on making sales rather than providing quality educational services\u003C\/b\u003E. Trump university would lure consumers into the initial free course based upon the name and reputation of Donald Trump, and then, once they were there, Trump Univeristy personnel would try to up-sell consumers to the next course using high pressure sales tactics. \u003Cb\u003EFar from providing a \"complete real estate education,\" as advertised, Trump University only provided enough information to get students to sign up for the next seminar or program. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat claim is supported by the sales manual and, importantly, that manual was not the work of some underling in the organization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to depositions by former Trump University staffers, Trump personally approved of many of the ads and may have been integrally involved in crafting some of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/donald-trump-for-profit-trump-university-investigated-possibly-deceptive-business-practices-article-1.141881\"\u003E\"deceitful scripts that school reps used to con prospective students\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe former president of Trump University, \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Sexton\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Michael Sexton\"\u003EMichael Sexton\u003C\/a\u003E, claims under oath that Trump was \u003Cb\u003E\"deeply involved in planning various marketing materials and personally gave his OK 'anytime we had a new ad.'\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“He wanted to see how his brand and image were portrayed in Trump University marketing materials. And he had very good and substantive input as well.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSo it is not easy for Trump to distance himself from what is written there.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Magical Roller Coaster of Trumpland\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn the two-step sales process, recruiters are instructed on how \"to build up a relationship of trust\" and how to close the sale. This sales process, the guidebook states, on \u003Cb\u003E\"managing the emotions of the client by focusing on the psychology of the sale.\"\u003C\/b\u003E The technique that students are put through is likened to a \"roller-coaster\" of emotions.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EThe first step, according to the materials, is to get them excited about their dreams and to get them realize they have taken the necessary steps to fulfilling those dreams. \u0026nbsp;In other words, recruiters attempted to shame prospective clients. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kY0AKuHN2Cc\/V1gNYPGb1HI\/AAAAAAAAMec\/MnXOU2wpp94RLtp4_n4OSFIZSwBo7OoOQCLcB\/s1600\/13418836_1099539180090037_7005623755086350053_n.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kY0AKuHN2Cc\/V1gNYPGb1HI\/AAAAAAAAMec\/MnXOU2wpp94RLtp4_n4OSFIZSwBo7OoOQCLcB\/s320\/13418836_1099539180090037_7005623755086350053_n.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EWhen trying to persuade the prospective students, the salesman is then instructed always to \u003Cb\u003E\"stoke their ego\"\u003C\/b\u003E when they have given the appropriate responses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EFlattery, in fact, is used throughout the sales process, mainly as a means of luring students into a sense that they are in control of the situation. The roller coaster effect is designed to produce \"an emotional high and a sense of relief. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EIf they start to sell themselves on why they should sign up for the program, the guidebook states, then \"you did a job up to this point.\" Once the client is doing most of the work for the recruiter, the sale is now practically in the bag. That's why the word \"confidence\" is a key feature in the art of the con.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EWhen the prospective student mentions the cost, recruiters are advised to ask about the details of personal credit, i.e. what limits the banks have extended and at what interest rate, how much debt is on each credit card. This private information is provided to the sales team voluntarily in the hopes of qualifying for the program. \u0026nbsp;If there was any sign of hesitation, the recruiters would say that learning the credit history was a normal part of the application process. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"We need to see what sort of debt you need to take care of to determine if this is something we can help you with. That makes sense, doesn't it? We also need to determine you debt to income ratio. That helps us guide you as to what sort of real estate projects it would be best for you to start with, Are you with me? Now, how much do you have on the first card.....\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EIn effect, recruiters take on the role of credit advisor as if they were impartial financial specialists, instead of high-pressure telemarketers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003EYou might think that supplying such valuable information to a complete stranger is something that no intelligent person would do, but that's just a sign of how effective the Trump University sales technique could be for a lot of its victims.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhen recruiters were asked specific questions, the answers were cleverly vague. For example, if recruiters are asked \"how long will take to see a return on my investment if I do sign up for the Trump University program?\" they were advised to say that the results depended on how \u003Ci\u003Eaggressive\u003C\/i\u003E they were in putting this valuable information and insider techniques into effect. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/static3.businessinsider.com\/image\/508fd4faecad042231000010\/con-artist-reveals-what-makes-him-so-good-at-scamming-people.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.businessinsider.com\/image\/508fd4faecad042231000010\/con-artist-reveals-what-makes-him-so-good-at-scamming-people.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nBut what happened if a prospective client starts to bolt at the realization that he is investing such a large sum of money with strangers?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn that case, recruiters were ready with the appropriate reply:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"I understand how you feel. Many of my clients have felt the same way at one time or another. However, what we've found is that if someone is hesitant to invest a few thousand into their education.. what are we supposed to expect from them when their  Real Estate Coach is talking with them about investing TENS of thousands or even HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars in a piece of property?\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe implication is this part of the pitch is clear. The recruiter is suggesting that the client may simply not bold and daring enough to join the big leagues. Man up and take the risks or be a loser all your life.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf you want to be as rich as Donald Trump, then you have to be as ballsy as Donald Trump and that means taking risks that you cannot afford, possibly losing your life savings, your home and the respect of your family and friends.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nA former employee, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/06\/01\/us\/politics\/sommer-testimony.html?\u0026amp;contentId=\u0026amp;mediaId=\u0026amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0026amp;priority=true\u0026amp;action=click\u0026amp;contentCollection=Politics\u0026amp;region=Footer\u0026amp;module=WhatsNext\u0026amp;version=WhatsNext\u0026amp;contentID=WhatsNext\u0026amp;moduleDetail=undefined\u0026amp;pgtype=Multimedia\"\u003ECorrine Sommer\u003C\/a\u003E, states that she personally witnessed instructors asking students during a $1500 seminar \"to call their credit card companies and to raise their credit limits three or four times so that they would be able to invest in real estate.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"They would tell students to max out their credit card because they would make their money back.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe problem was that it was a promise based on a lie. Even as these poor people were being coaxed into falling deeper in debt, the economy was beginning to list.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe economic crash had already begun. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EA Mindset that Launched a Thousand Miseries\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIt didn't take much nudging and cajoling from professional sales people at Trump University to convince their clients that their dream of joining the 1% was only a seminar and signature away. Keep in mind too that the real experts at Trump University were advising people not only to invest all the money they had- but also all of the money they could borrow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat was in 2007 and just before the real estate market would collapse.That's not a coincidence.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe mindset outlined in the Trump University was that borrowing vast amounts of money based on the advice of strangers- showed initiative, not stupidity.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOnce enrolled, this deeply-flawed approach was magnified still further.If students were willing to borrow simply to become a student, they would also be more than willing to proceed to\u0026nbsp;borrow on shaky credit to attain their real estate ambitions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnalysts today think the entire housing bubble was based exactly on this dangerous philosophy that Trump was promoting. Borrow, borrow and borrow because things are only going to get better and now is the time to take advantage.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnd plenty of people were definitely taking advantage.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6089\/1833\/1600\/2002-10-08%20Housing%20bubble%20markets%20flatten%20a%20bit%20530.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6089\/1833\/1600\/2002-10-08%20Housing%20bubble%20markets%20flatten%20a%20bit%20530.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nThe bubble, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/publication\/how-the-fed-helped-cause-the-housing-bubble-and-financial-crisis\/\"\u003Emany economics say today\u003C\/a\u003E, was abetted by the bankers and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjIpIi9-ZfNAhVEHR4KHVnOAa0QFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalreserve.gov%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNE0Xq5NWuTinlAx19qBk4VfIu9sHg\u0026amp;sig2=DjyuHTgyD8llglrsm3Wb5Q\"\u003EFederal Reserve\u003C\/a\u003E. If nothing else, nobody apparently was warning novice investors of the risks that the real estate market posed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.stockpickssystem.com\/housing-market-crash-2007\/\"\u003EAs one source points out:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe federal reserve and banks praised the housing market for helping to create wealth and provide a secured asset that people could borrow money to help the economy grow.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThere were all sorts of new lending types such as interest adjustable loans, interest only loans and zero down loans which made it all too easy to take the plunge. It was as if money was hanging on the branches, ready for somebody with a basket and a ladder to come and get as rich as Donald Trump.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe problem was that it was, in many respects, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwj4y-Tc-5fNAhWHJCYKHSRPCRkQFggtMAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPonzi_scheme\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGRhakRZRNCXdL-6tRQ1yHdc01iQA\u0026amp;sig2=r1BWG4L3QaCLONCN7KLAyw\"\u003Ea Ponzi scheme\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nWith each loan, banks would quickly securitize the loan and pass the risk off to someone else.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nEach time the risk was passed along, it would grow until it would be unsustainable. The last people who signed up were the ones most likely to lose everything. And 2007 - the time when Trump University was peddling its pitch- was the last minute before the bubble popped.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLike all financial bubbles, it was no place for the novice, no place for those lacking the experience to distinguish the difference between an opportunity and a risk. When the housing bubble burst, it sent the economy reeling.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nYou can say that people really ought to have known better. Con artists will tell you that the success of any scam depends on the ignorance, the pride and the greed of victims. And with Trump, greed has always been considered a virtue of the bold.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFirst came the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_subprime_mortgage_financial_crisis\" title=\"2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis\"\u003E2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis\u003C\/a\u003E. Former Fed Chairman \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiz58q0_JfNAhWIWSYKHWh9CUMQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlan_Greenspan\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHjwxSi0edq8_IpcxPkW3w6ijC3Ew\u0026amp;sig2=suf9VuCrGQqCOKMEyb2SXQ\"\u003EAlan Greenspan\u003C\/a\u003E admitted that the real estate opportunities that had once been the Trump University's indirect source of income, had in fact, been an illusion. Greenspan was then warning that \"large double digit declines\" in home values \"larger than most people expect.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat must have been the moment when a lot of Trump University's graduates realized that something was very very wrong. Things were not as easy (or as profitable) as they had been lead to believe by Trump's supposed experts.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBy 2008, the economy would be in free-fall. Millions of American, the vast majority had not gambled with illusionary opportunities from real estate schemes, lost their homes, their jobs and their savings to the financial crisis and recession. The value of homes would be reduced to nothing and Roughly 7 million Americans lost their homes during the Great Recession.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury\" title=\"United States Secretary of the Treasury\"\u003ETreasury Secretary\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Paulson\" title=\"Henry Paulson\"\u003EHenry Paulson\u003C\/a\u003E proposed Congress approve of a bank bailout to the tune of $700 billion. Otherwise, the entire economy system could collapse. \u0026nbsp;The \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwirovXo_JfNAhWJ8CYKHTMSANEQFggtMAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEmergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGvBUzHjJHUKGLT6X1f8DnnTL-mqw\u0026amp;sig2=OnO6Ajgh_MrnjwEen_lyRg\"\u003EEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008\u003C\/a\u003E was \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2008\/10\/20081003-11.html\"\u003Esigned into law by President George W. Bush\u003C\/a\u003E on October 3, exactly one month before the presidential election.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnd the first step in this economic catastrophe was getting people to invest as much- indeed, more than- they could afford. When the value of the property crashed, they were stuck paying mortgages more than the value of the property with little hope that the value would ever return to the bubble days.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn this way, the housing bubble began, for many people, with Trump University.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nToday, the Republican candidate has reached the top of the political mountain and will soon very likely become the nominee of his party. In his bid for the White House, he is supported by the middle-class voters who were the main victims of\u0026nbsp; the 2008 economic collapse.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/frankreportdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/5919bd32109a2d49e6bbfad9ed8d367b.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/frankreportdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/5919bd32109a2d49e6bbfad9ed8d367b.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EMore than a Brand, A Man and his Reputation\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBut there's one more thing, one key ingredient that has to be\u0026nbsp;recognized. It is important to realize that, as psychologically sophisticated as this sales approach is, it could never have been quite as successful without one critical factor. The name and reputation of Donald Trump.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe served not merely as a figurehead or a brand name but as a guarantor of trust. He was famous, fabulously rich, living the life that any average Joe or Jane could just dream about. Through his reality TV show, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=2\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjSrdaK45XNAhVVQVIKHZD3AL0QFggkMAE\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNH10pUAHapqoXVWDYKnqRfEq9hZVw\u0026amp;sig2=nLZksOpUtigtl5cx4LyLOw\"\u003EThe Apprentice\u003C\/a\u003E, (the first season aired during winter and spring of 2004) Trump took on the role as the mentor, the hard-nosed entrepreneur who could magically turn a dime into a dollar and water into wine. \u0026nbsp;His books were more than boasts about how he got rich. They were invitations to imitate him.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nGiven that, it was perhaps inevitable that recruiters would be asked how close they could come to the Wizard of Oz.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFrom the Trump University Playbook:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nA lot of people have asked if Mr. Trump can meet with them in person and show them how he finds prioperties; how Mr. Trump evaluates properties and how he uses creative financing to acquire properties with little or \"preferably\" No-Money Down. Obvously Mr. Trump can't meet with everyone, nor does he want to. So, he has also created an (\u003Ci\u003Einsert program name based on lead information\u003C\/i\u003E) where we only invite a select group of people that have been hand-picked by his Program Director.... These instructors will be holding your hand, physically showing you the way. You will learn how to succeed \"The Trump Way!\" These instructors are experts in today's Real Estate world and teach all of the non-traditional and unconventional ways of buying and selling real estate.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnd here's the clincher:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLet me ask you (name) is everything Donald Trump does, the BEST? He wouldn't put his name on this, if it wasn't, right? Do you feel that working with Mr. Trump's experts is something you would like to be considered for?\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe problem with this pitch is that, in order for a recruiter to associate Donald Trump with the experts, there has to be a direct connection between the Big Guy and the instructors.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWithout Trump signing off on all things, the expert opinions would not really count for very much. It might as well be Joe-schmoe Univeristy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSo, a person who was hand-picked by a Program Director who was hand-picked by Trump doesn't count for much. Trump is a name that resonates.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThus, \u0026nbsp;Trump took up the slack and claimed that “many of” the university’s instructors were “handpicked” by him.\u0026nbsp;He claimed:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"We're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific people, terrific brains, successful. \u003Cb\u003EWe are going to have the best of the best... and these are people that are handpicked by me.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nUnfortunately, this necessary deception was exposed in a 2012 deposition of a top executive for Trump University. He told the investigators that “none of our instructors” was picked by Trump himself. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003EAnother deposition states:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nTrump university instructors and mentors were not hand-picked by Donald Trump. I believe that in many instances Donald Trump had neither met the instructors or mentors nor did he know who they were. Instead, I recall that Trump Univeristy hired its speakers and mentors through Mark Dove in New Hampshire who hired and trained a number of real estate sales people that he provided to Trump University. These people did not necessarily have real estate experience, but they were skilled at high-pressure sales.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFurthermore, according to that\u0026nbsp;testimony, two of the staff were fired because they went off the script and attempted to get students to invest in their own personal businesses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to his own deposition, Trump couldn't recognize even one of his hand-picked presenters or instructors from his real estate seminars. Under oath, he was forced to admit that he had nothing to do with the selection process of instructors who taught at the school's events or mentors for the school's \"Gold Elite\" programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMany of the instructors lacked real estate experience, many did not even own their own homes had no experience buying or selling real estate. One former employee recalls an ex-jewelry salesman without any real estate experience, being drafted to be a speaker and seminar instructor after just \u003Ci\u003Ea year\u003C\/i\u003E of working for Trump University.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGve96pWAZY\/V1g9bx9-kII\/AAAAAAAAMe0\/tUKfPg4sRC0FwAFdL4NMSqjuBO5VQKCUgCLcB\/s1600\/shutterstock_89829160.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGve96pWAZY\/V1g9bx9-kII\/AAAAAAAAMe0\/tUKfPg4sRC0FwAFdL4NMSqjuBO5VQKCUgCLcB\/s320\/shutterstock_89829160.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Truth about Legitimacy and Favorable Reports\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe quality of the \"hand-picked\" staff wasn't the only fib Trump was telling.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere were a lot of dubious claims that Trump made about the legitimacy of his university. For example, at one time, Trump said that the so-called university \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2016\/03\/trumps-defense-of-his-university\/\"\u003E“had an A rating from the Better Business Bureau.”\u003C\/a\u003E Actually, it once had an “A+” rating, according to a Better Business Bureau spokeswoman. But its most recent rating before it was closed its doors was a “D-.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOne last puzzle to resolve. If the university was such a con scheme why did so many of its clients claim to be satisfied with the results?\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe overview from sales playbook claims that clients report a 95% satisfaction rating with their experience. However, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/12\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-trump-university.html\"\u003Ethe New York Times reported\u003C\/a\u003E that there was a lot more to that story.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nInterviews and documents show that employees of Trump University at times applied pressure on students to offer favorable reviews, instructed them to fill out the forms in order to obtain their graduation certificates, and ignored standard practices used to ensure that the surveys were filled out objectively.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSaid one not-too-satisfied student (who wanted the $36,000 he had spent on Trump University classes \u0026nbsp;back):\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n“It’s absolutely a con. The role of the evaluations was a defense against any legal actions. They anticipated those actions.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn effect, students were forced to make a decision between their graduation certificates - without might at least impress some people- and their right to future legal action against Trump University.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to the recently released testimony from former Trump University staffers \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/06\/01\/us\/politics\/schnackenberg-testimony.html\"\u003ERonald Schnackenberg\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/06\/01\/us\/politics\/sommer-testimony.html?\u0026amp;contentId=\u0026amp;mediaId=\u0026amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0026amp;priority=true\u0026amp;action=click\u0026amp;contentCollection=Politics\u0026amp;region=Footer\u0026amp;module=WhatsNext\u0026amp;version=WhatsNext\u0026amp;contentID=WhatsNext\u0026amp;moduleDetail=undefined\u0026amp;pgtype=Multimedia\"\u003ECorinne Sommer\u003C\/a\u003E, Trump's involvement in the Trump University scheme was on a direct level, \"bilking thousands of students out of millions of dollars in tuition costs — which could run as high as $35,000.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe sales manual that Trump apparently approved of (and probably partially drafted) gave a demonstration to all of \u0026nbsp;the sales reps of the fake university exactly how to seduce potential students into sign up for expensive but probably worthless courses.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nToday Republican nominee Donald Trump is attempting to con a new set of victims and surprisingly- given his history- he has so far been remarkably successful.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut then, if the Trump University playbook is any indication, he understands the fine art of manipulation extraordinarily well. And it also shows that there is never a shortage of gullible people who will follow Trump to the edge of the cliff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ciframe height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-58Ie3StVhpcTBFU1ZIUFpjWlE\/preview\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Chr noshade=\"\" size=\"5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" width=\"70%\" \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\" style=\"clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERelated articles\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/why_donald_trump_might_win_20160523\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368368437_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/why_donald_trump_might_win_20160523\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWhy Donald Trump Might Win\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rep-am.com\/elections\/national\/958798.txt\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368303862_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rep-am.com\/elections\/national\/958798.txt\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EClinton to Trump: Bring it on\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/trofire.com\/2016\/05\/24\/trump-spokesman-struggles-explain-trumps-dramatic-shift-clinton-family\/\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368629441_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/trofire.com\/2016\/05\/24\/trump-spokesman-struggles-explain-trumps-dramatic-shift-clinton-family\/\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETrump Spokesman Struggles To Explain Trump's Dramatic Shift On Clinton Family\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/category\/world\/view\/clinton-blasts-trump-for-cheering-housing-bubble-burst\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368727814_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/category\/world\/view\/clinton-blasts-trump-for-cheering-housing-bubble-burst\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWorld › Clinton blasts Trump for cheering housing bubble burst\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/adrianvance.blogspot.com\/2016\/05\/the-complete-donald-trump.html\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368310523_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/adrianvance.blogspot.com\/2016\/05\/the-complete-donald-trump.html\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Complete Donald Trump\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2016\/05\/20\/republicans-lost-white-house-checking-trumps-tax-returns.html\" style=\"border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/368638795_80_80.jpg\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2016\/05\/20\/republicans-lost-white-house-checking-trumps-tax-returns.html\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere's How Republicans May Have Lost The Election By Not Checking Trump's Tax Returns\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4338939623486204017"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4338939623486204017"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/trump-university-playbook-reveals.html","title":"Trump University Playbook Reveals the Manipulative Techniques Trump Used  to Bilk Consumers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-w46-rtrY57Y\/V1hCWT_bh7I\/AAAAAAAAMfM\/87Yw0tObtuk0eA5yB-VLnP7Me7Q6Ky6EgCKgB\/s72-c\/ConTrump.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-8900188220004118216"},"published":{"$t":"2016-06-04T16:45:00.000+03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-09T10:32:03.186+03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2016 election"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Conservatives"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fraud"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hillary Clinton"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trump University"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Republican Scammer: Here's the Real Reason Why Donald Trump is Talking About Putting Clinton in Jail"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: #bdbdbd; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Ch2 style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump came out swinging wildly in every direction last week. His comments about a federal judge and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton raised a lot of eyebrows, even Republican eyebrows. \u003Cbr \/\u003ECould an investigation in a fraud case involving the defunct Trump University may be one of the reasons for his unhinged threats and verbal attacks?\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-QbDLvNEPxTk\/V1K4u5qOhZI\/AAAAAAAAMdg\/_3jde9fEIpYjrcxucSXfccIdKSYbuxB_ACLcB\/s1600\/HilTrum.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-QbDLvNEPxTk\/V1K4u5qOhZI\/AAAAAAAAMdg\/_3jde9fEIpYjrcxucSXfccIdKSYbuxB_ACLcB\/s640\/HilTrum.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #cccccc; font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EJ\u003C\/span\u003Eust the other day, Trump told his supporters at a rally in San Jose, California that if he is elected he suggested that he would direct his attorney general to investigate her if Clinton is not indicted over her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state email use.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Republican nominee-to-be has not only decided to play the role of prosecutor but of judge as well. The crowd cheered as he said:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"Folks, honestly, she's guilty as hell.\" \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOf course, a speech isn't an interview so nobody in the media- if they had cared to- could ask Trump exactly what \u003Ci\u003Ecrime\u003C\/i\u003E she was actually guilty of.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"I will say this, Hillary Clinton has got to go to jail.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;He also added:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"Five years' statute of limitations, if I win. Everything is going to be fair but I'm sure the attorney general will take a very good look at it.\" \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe threat to imprison political rival whom Trump sees as an obstacle to his ambition should be taken very serious as an indicator of what kind of president Donald Trump would make.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ELast year, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/europe.newsweek.com\/authors\/kurt-eichenwald\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/europe.newsweek.com\/hillary-clinton-emailgate-312784?rm=eu\"\u003Eone Newsweek op-ed piece\u003C\/a\u003E dismissed the email scandal as an obvious partisan ploy, all smoke, and no fire. A senior writer with Newsweek and a contributing editor, Kurt\u0026nbsp;Eichenwald blamed the media for \"huffing and puffing\" before understanding the complications of the email regulations. Regardless of the wild claims against Clinton of email abuse, Eichenwald observes that the \u003Cb\u003E\"use of a personal email account not a violation of the rules, it was specifically allowed by the rules.\u003C\/b\u003E\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nEichwald freely admits that he is no Clinton supporter but the whole thing, he implied, smacked of journalistic malpractice.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnd besides, he wrote:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"Aren’t journalists supposed to know if there is a scandal before declaring that one exists?\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThere's always been a double standard when it came to the Clintons, of course.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhere were these journalists \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/lets-compare-clintons-phony-email.html\"\u003Ewhen Dick Cheney was re-writing the rules of security designation,\u003C\/a\u003E inventing whole new classifications in order to keep Congress and the press in the dark about his secret meetings with oil companies before the Iraq invasion? That's a large chunk of untouched meat for reporters.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFire or no fire,the Republican Congress has invested a lot of time and a taxpayers' money searching for some sign of high crimes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOn social media, the email scandal has also gotten a lot of coverage. To hear the Trump supporters' narrative, any day now the FBI will bust down the Clinton front door and drag a screeching Hillary out by the hair.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIt's easy to see why they cling to this image. The prospect of Hillary Clinton as president (after eight years of trying to make Obama a one-term president) fills them with revulsion. Four and very possibly eight years of a so-called liberal agenda brings tears to their eyes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTrump is well aware of all that and talking about having Clinton arrested is a real crowd-pleaser. And Trump loves pleasing crowds almost as much as he loves pleasing himself. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThere is, however, a more important reason why Trump would prefer to talk about Clinton in orange jumpsuits and braiding other women's hair all day.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe is scared out of his wits.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EPreying on the Elderly and Uneducated\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn the real world, the investigation of one of Donald Trump's money making schemes, the now-bankrupt \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/john-cassidy\/trump-university-its-worse-than-you-think\"\u003ETrump University\u003C\/a\u003E, continues. An article from the New Yorker points out that, as far as a scandal, it's a lot worse than anything Clinton is presently facing.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/2850043\/Schnackenberg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaffidavit\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of Ronald Schnackenberg, a former salesman for Trump University, paints a very ugly picture of the inner workings of the Trump's victimization of desperate suckers in his \u0026nbsp;classic bait-and-switch scheme. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSchnackenberg, who worked in Trump’s office at 40 Wall Street, testified that “while Trump University claimed it wanted to help consumers make money in real estate, in fact Trump University was only interested in selling every person the most expensive seminars they possibly could.” The affidavit concludes, \u003Cb\u003E“Based upon my personal experience and employment, I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme, and that it preyed upon the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money.”\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nTrump's reaction to these damaging revelations has been to attack anybody and everybody associated with exposing the details of the fraud.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-UhdNUDW_yBw\/V1Kj_QX2pII\/AAAAAAAAMdQ\/59aHkpiNb54okzf6Em_qi0KQfMlACSUSACLcB\/s1600\/Judge.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-UhdNUDW_yBw\/V1Kj_QX2pII\/AAAAAAAAMdQ\/59aHkpiNb54okzf6Em_qi0KQfMlACSUSACLcB\/s200\/Judge.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFor months of accusing\u0026nbsp; federal \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjYhs-8gY7NAhXKXBQKHS6TDRwQFggmMAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGonzalo_P._Curiel\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFfL0RjnV25XTB2q8NTtMNI67N9rg\u0026amp;sig2=DjnfgLD8tLuQ5jPP7XNsOw\"\u003EJudge Gonzalo Curiel\u003C\/a\u003E of bias due to his Latino background. This week, In full attack mode, the candidate \u0026nbsp;said that the Indiana-born Curiel's Mexican heritage was the real reason for the investigation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7qLut7I3NAhXDzxQKHSaCB7UQFggsMAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2016%2F06%2Ftrump-mexican-judge%2F485429%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFxFxZXlO65tLrZN4YS\"\u003EAs one source explains:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMr. Trump said the background of the judge... was relevant because of his campaign stance against illegal immigration and his pledge to seal the southern U.S. border. \"I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest,\" Mr. Trump said.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBesides the candidate, nobody seems to think that\u0026nbsp;Curiel is prejudiced against Trump, for his racist remarks or for any other reason. Trump simply doesn't have a leg to stand on.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Atlantic Monthly pointed out this week:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nthere’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/06\/trump-mexican-judge\/485429\/\"\u003Eno precedent for judges\u003C\/a\u003E to recuse themselves from a case because of their race, gender, faith, or sexual orientation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe candidate seems to think that life and the courts are unfair because of this legal scrutiny.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nTrump’s racist remarks follow speeches in which the candidate said he was being “railroaded” by a “rigged” legal system.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn an astounding instance of unleashed rage, Trump threw caution to the wind, directed his attacks at the judge.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe simultaneously \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/05\/trump-judge-gonzalo-curiel\/484790\/?utm_source=feed\"\u003Esingled out Curiel\u003C\/a\u003E as “hater of Donald Trump,” called him a “disgrace,” said he should “be ashamed of himself,” and said other federal judges “ought to look into Judge Curiel.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBullying other candidates is one thing, but attempting to bully a federal judge is quite another. His advisors must be losing plenty of sleep at night wondering how much further their employer is willing to go in attacking the justice system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to Trump's logic, no federal judge of Latino background is qualified to judge him. They are all biased against him solely as a result of their ethnicity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBut then Trump has insulted almost all ethnic groups. Are black judges similarly disqualified? What about female judges? He could make the same case there too.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhat about Supreme Court justices who are from minority backgrounds? As president, would he recognize their votes or only the decisions made by white male judges?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe implication is that only judges friendly to Donald Trump have the right to hear any case against him. That's the stuff of dictators, not American presidents.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Rule of Law\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003ETo his critics, Trump's remarks are just another example of the candidates' disdain for the rule of law. It's not just liberals who are saying it. Conservative-leaning \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/david-post?version=meter+at+3\u0026amp;module=meter-Links\u0026amp;pgtype=article\u0026amp;contentId=\u0026amp;mediaId=\u0026amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0026amp;priority=true\u0026amp;action=click\u0026amp;contentCollection=meter-links-click\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"\u003EDavid Post\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a retired law professor\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“This is how authoritarianism starts, with a president who does not respect the judiciary...You can criticize the judicial system, you can criticize individual cases, you can criticize individual judges. But the president has to be clear that the law is the law and that he enforces the law. That is his constitutional obligation.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAnother scholar adds to those misgivings. Professor \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjv-d-XjI7NAhXIxRQKHRGzCoUQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randybarnett.com%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFsn1V700vw_UpCAO-8AD5W5gK4Nw\u0026amp;sig2=tMFR9AHVx3PXSa4aYS4Qpw\"\u003ERandy E. Barnett\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026nbsp;a law professor at Georgetown, remarks:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“You would like a president with some idea about constitutional limits on presidential powers, on congressional powers, on federal powers and I doubt he has any awareness of such limits.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBefore writing Barnett off as just another academic elite, it should be pointed out that Barnett is no fan of the present administration. He was the architect of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/29\/us\/supreme-court-lets-health-law-largely-stand.html?version=meter+at+3\u0026amp;module=meter-Links\u0026amp;pgtype=article\u0026amp;contentId=\u0026amp;mediaId=\u0026amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\u0026amp;priority=true\u0026amp;action=click\u0026amp;contentCollection=meter-links-click\"\u003Ethe first major challenge to President Obama’s health care law\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThose are some pretty loud warning bells coming from the people who would, in theory, be Republican voters.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIt's not merely a case of political scandal du jour. The Trump University allegations have the potential to do serious damage to the Republican nominee's chances in November. He has no other option than to attack the court and to claim m he will put Clinton in jail. The bluster is an attempt to conceal a fact.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTrump is a billion-dollar fraudster who has managed to seal the Republican nomination with the blessing of most of the GOP leadership.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EStraight Fraud and Hungry Children\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2014\/10\/27\/nyregion\/27CONVICTIONS\/27CONVICTIONS-master180.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2014\/10\/27\/nyregion\/27CONVICTIONS\/27CONVICTIONS-master180.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn fact, the charges against Trump University are serious, regardless who presides in the courtroom.\u0026nbsp; The New York attorney general \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Schneiderman\"\u003EEric Schneiderman\u003C\/a\u003E pulled no punches and told reporters:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"It's fraud. This is straight up fraud.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIt is, in some ways, that hard questions about Trump's business practices should arise exactly where his career began. And Schneiderman couldn't have been cast better for his part.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBefore being elected Attorney General, Schneiderman represented the 31st District in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_State_Senate\"\u003ENew York State Senate\u003C\/a\u003E. This comprises \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan\"\u003EManhattan\u003C\/a\u003E's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_West_Side\"\u003EUpper West Side\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morningside_Heights\"\u003EMorningside Heights\u003C\/a\u003E, West Harlem,\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Heights,_Manhattan\"\u003EWashington Heights\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inwood,_Manhattan\"\u003EInwood\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marble_Hill,_Manhattan\"\u003EMarble Hill\u003C\/a\u003E, in addition to part of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riverdale,_Bronx\"\u003ERiverdale, The Bronx\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTrump, who has never held any elective office, calls Schneiderman “a political hack.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nUndaunted by Trump's label, Schneiderman described the tycoon and now GOP nominee as both \"dishonest and manipulative\" when it came to his role in the defunct university.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"The law is very clear. The law protects the gullible as well as the sophisticated. As we've seen over the course of the last year, there are a lot of people who fall for Mr. Trump's promises and rhetoric.\" \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/static2.businessinsider.com\/image\/571ff07e52bcd01a008bf1b4-480\/trump-university.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/static2.businessinsider.com\/image\/571ff07e52bcd01a008bf1b4-480\/trump-university.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhen the judge released court documents, some things became immediately clear. Donald Trump had profited from a nationwide scam that shafted thousands of victims.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTrump University staff were instructed to advise prospective students who were unable to afford the tuition just to \"max out\" their credit cards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/05\/trump-u-targeted-single-parents-with-hungry-kids.html\"\u003EOne piece in New York Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E sheds more light on the high-pressure sales techniques:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf a cash-strapped applicant said, \"I don't like using my credit cards and going into debt,\" the playbook instructed recruiters to respond, \"[D]o you like living paycheck to paycheck? ... Do you enjoy seeing everyone else but yourself in their dream houses and driving their dreams cars with huge checking accounts? Those people saw an opportunity, and didn't make excuses, like what you're doing now.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe idea target of the sales pitch was, former recruiters say now, a single parent with \u003Cb\u003Ehungry children in order to convince said parent to take on massive credit-card debt.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q5PbpfnsXA4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q5PbpfnsXA4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFrom the recruiter guidelines, the pitch was all about exploiting the desperation of those who can not afford the colleges restricted to the offspring of the 1%.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThese were normal people searching for a way to better themselves and, without any other opportunity available to them, grasped at straws. And Trump represented the man with all of the straws. The tycoon with the answers who actually seemed to care for the little guy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nExactly the same people who support his presidential run today.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nQuestions remain how much direct involvement Trump had over the program.Therein lies a fiendishly clever trap for Trump. Name recognition has always played a major part in the Trump story.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe same was true when it came to Trump University and in promotional materials, the businessman assured students that the school's professors \u0026nbsp;were people that he had \"handpicked.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHowever, on the witness stand, it was a completely different story. CNN reported that Trump failed to recognize the name of \"a single presenter or teacher at his real estate seminars.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe had a good motive for trying to distance himself from the staff.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-trump-university-20160601-snap-story.html\"\u003EOne former sales employee, Jason Nicholas, said in a declaration that\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nthe Trump University instructors and mentors were a joke.… They were unqualified people posing as Donald Trump’s ‘right-hand men.’ They were teaching methods that were unethical and they had little to no experience flipping properties or doing real estate deals. \u003Cb\u003EIt was a facade, a lie.”\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIronically, Trump is damned either way. On one hand, he misrepresented to students\/clients how much he was actually associated with the university, or he was directly involved in the hiring of personnel who were reportedly unqualified. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EStill Worse to Follow?\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ww4.hdnux.com\/photos\/22\/76\/24\/4973839\/9\/rawImage.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ww4.hdnux.com\/photos\/22\/76\/24\/4973839\/9\/rawImage.jpg\" height=\"213\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EEven though the allegations of fraud are damaging, there could be still worse revelations to follow.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/06\/03\/trump_university_scandal_beginning_to_look_more_like_corruption_trump_made_political_donations_to_attorneys_general_who_quietly_dropped_investigations\/\"\u003EAccording to a story by Salon\u003C\/a\u003E, top Republican prosecutors in Texas and Florida may have been induced to dismiss complaints by their constitutes after receiving substantial political donations to their election efforts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTrump's critics think it seems a little too coincidental.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCiting an \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/67444ec825f3460ba4aadefc0d29d22f\/trump-university-model-sell-hard-demand-see-warrant\"\u003EAP report\u003C\/a\u003E released this week, the article points to two such cases from former Texas attorney general Greg Abbott and current Florida Attorney General \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pam_Bondi\"\u003EPam Bondi\u003C\/a\u003E. If true, the Trump case turns from fraud to political corruption.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn the Texas case, the attorney general at the time later became the state's governor. There was a strong case to sue Donald Trump and Trump University for bilking Texas taxpayers out of more than $2.6 million. The lawsuit was however never filed.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAbbott.. reportedly opened a civil investigation into “possibly deceptive trade practices” when Trump University made inroads in Texas, but “Abbott’s probe was quietly dropped in 2010 when Trump University agreed to end its operations in Texas.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“Trump subsequently donated $35,000 to Abbott’s successful gubernatorial campaign, according to records,”  the AP reported.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/daily\/grub\/2016\/06\/01\/01-trump-university-ad.nocrop.w529.h1056.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/daily\/grub\/2016\/06\/01\/01-trump-university-ad.nocrop.w529.h1056.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"213\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com\/2016\/06\/greg-abbotts-top-consumer-attorneys-built-a-5-4m-case-against-donald-trump-but-it-never-happened.html\/\"\u003EThe Dallas Morning News\u003C\/a\u003E adds that a former deputy director of Abbott’s Consumer Protection Division, John Owens, accuses Abbott of leaving Texas consumers “high and dry.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“The decision not to sue him was political..Had [Trump] not been involved in politics to the extent he was at the time, we would have gotten approval. Had he been just some other scam artist, we would have sued him.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe circumstances, legal analysts say, are unusual, especially given the fact that, according to investigators in the Lone Star state, Trump University hadn’t completed the paperwork necessary to even do business in Texas.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAbbott dismissed all suggestions of wrong-doing and points out that the state opened a civil investigation of the possibly deceptive practices of Trump University in Texas back. That investigation was dropped when university officials agreed to close down operations there.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nHumorist Will Rogers once said:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"Many a politician wishes there was a law to burn old records.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn Texas they don't burn them, they bury them and then threaten anybody thinking about grabbing a shovel.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCase in point: Yesterday, in the latest move, the present Attorney General Ken Paxton \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Paxton-tells-former-AG-s-Office-staffer-to-stop-7962440.php\"\u003Emoved to try to stop John Owens from sharing any more documents about a seven-month investigation into Trump University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nA\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/files\/epress\/060316Owens.pdf?cachebuster%3A64=\u0026amp;utm_content=\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_name=\u0026amp;utm_source=govdelivery\u0026amp;utm_term=\u0026amp;_ga=1.254480072.1967733915.1462871314\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003Eletter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E sent by Paxton claimed that making public the details of the Trump University investigation violated the law.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003EThe letter states that, although Owens was no longer an employee, as an attorney \u003Cb\u003E\"a lawyer must conduct his or her business with inveterate honesty and loyalty.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOne suspects the emphasis here was more on the latter and less on the former. It's Texas, after all.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Paxton letter, by first assistant attorney general \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2016\/03\/09\/shake-up-with-texas-ag-first-assistant-resigns\/\"\u003EJeffrey Mateer\u003C\/a\u003E, lists the legal prohibitions against releasing documents to the media.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"This disclosure.. violates policies of the Office of the Attorney General that prohibits agency employees from disclosing confidential or privileged information.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTransparency is not a high priority in Red State Texas even when it comes to protecting Long Star consumers against a New York fraudster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSilence is golden if it means protecting the governor of Texas from having to explain himself. So, it is hard not to see this as an attempt to silence a critic with threats of legal action.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhy, that's just the kind of thing Trump got famous for.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EBonding with Bondi\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn the Florida case, a political contribution from Trump appears to have been enough for prosecutors there to think twice about joining in a multi-state suit against Trump University.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThree days after Bondi’s spokeswoman was quoted in local media reports as saying the office was reviewing the New York lawsuit, the Donald J. Trump Foundation made a $25,000 contribution to a political fundraising committee supporting Bondi’s re-election campaign.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBondi, a Republican, soon dropped her investigation, citing insufficient grounds to proceed.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/assets\/2015\/01\/Pam-Bondi.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/assets\/2015\/01\/Pam-Bondi.jpg\" height=\"216\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAt the time, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article65995972.html\"\u003Ethe Florida press apparently smelled a dead fish \u003C\/a\u003Ebut a statement from Bondi's office dismissed any suggestion of conflicts of interest.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nDespite that, Bondi has admitted that\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n“Donald and I have been friends for many years.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nShe disputes the charge that her friendship (or his contribution) had anything to do with the decision not to participate in Schneiderman's lawsuit.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe reason for withdrawing from the nationwide investigation was simple:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe complaints filed in the office against Trump University in Florida weren’t pursued because New York’s Attorney General Schneiderman was already investigating.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAs excuses for inaction go, it is fairly lame.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nEven in the light of what is now known about his business practices, Bondi has had nothing but praise for Trump. She said on Monday that she is pleased with how he has brought new voters into the political arena.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhether it is voters or victims, when it comes to Donald Trump, a lot of people were- and still are- happy to look the other way.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003ERead more here: http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article65995972.html#storylink=cpy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHowever, some Republicans, (at least those who haven't hopped onto the Trump bandwagon,) may see the allegations of Trump's political corruption as just another indication that the billionaire's influence, his name and his history are extremely toxic to the party.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAs more news emerges about the scam, those who have committed themselves to Trump's election campaign might soon regret their support. It's crunch time and so far, the majority of Republican elites have shown themselves too weak and too cowardly to argue with Trump's success.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTrump's declaration to put Clinton in prison over trumped up charges of email abuse is perhaps a classic case of projection and diversion.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFor the sake of the long-term viability of the Republican party, nervous conservatives have little choice but to pray that Trump will manage to convince undecided voters that putting a \"greedy\" con man in the White House will be the way to make America great again.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMany voters -from conservatives to middle-of-road undecideds- might soon turn their back once and for all on the GOP. And for good reason, by nominating a man like Trump, the party is admitted something that has been obvious to a lot of people.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Republican Party has been the party of fraudulent schemes and billionaire swindles since Ronald Reagan sold them on trickle-down economics.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Chr noshade=\"\" size=\"5\" width=\"70%\" \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/8900188220004118216"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/8900188220004118216"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/republican-scammer-heres-real-reason.html","title":"Republican Scammer: Here's the Real Reason Why Donald Trump is Talking About Putting Clinton in Jail"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-QbDLvNEPxTk\/V1K4u5qOhZI\/AAAAAAAAMdg\/_3jde9fEIpYjrcxucSXfccIdKSYbuxB_ACLcB\/s72-c\/HilTrum.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}}]}});