As Tom Brown observed yesterday it was a big day for Leon H. Wolf over at RedState. I have to admit that some of the conservative intelligentisa are doing some of the best Trump vetting: RedState, many at the National Review, Jennifer Rubin, etc.
Scott Sumner is in a bit of a battle with half his commentators who love Trump.
I don't care that I disagree with them on everything else, I still credit any conservative or Republican who refuses to support Hitler 2.0.
HuffingtonPost seems to also have noted this as they linked to Wolf's piece about Trump's Trump U defense. Tom Brown also sent it to me yesterday, but I find it interesting that Huff Po is linking to them.
Scott Sumner is in a bit of a battle with half his commentators who love Trump.
I don't care that I disagree with them on everything else, I still credit any conservative or Republican who refuses to support Hitler 2.0.
HuffingtonPost seems to also have noted this as they linked to Wolf's piece about Trump's Trump U defense. Tom Brown also sent it to me yesterday, but I find it interesting that Huff Po is linking to them.
As Wolf says, what's unconventional about Trump here, is he is defending the Trump U. scam with another scam. While the Trump U. suit has 40,000 plaintiffs, Trump has 3 alleged former students who say good things about Trump U.
So 40,000 former students mad enough to sue him and 3 willing to speak for him.No big deal. It's a civil case. Everyone else was happy, Hugh Hewitt was saying yesterday.
So 40,000 former students mad enough to sue him and 3 willing to speak for him.No big deal. It's a civil case. Everyone else was happy, Hugh Hewitt was saying yesterday.
But this Gang of Three is a rather curious trio.
"So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam. This video features three people – none of whom have ever bought or sold real estate for a living. One of them appears to be a professional testimonial-giver for seminars, one appears to give these kinds of seminars for himself, and one of them has an ongoing business and personal relationship with the Trump family, who have allowed him to sell his protein water on a number of their properties."
"I’m not really sure who this is supposed to persuade, other than the people who would be susceptible to taking the course in the first place. One of the defining characteristics of these scam seminars is that they can always find people who will star in exactly these sorts of videos who will tell you how great the program has been for them. Anyone who’s seen one of these pitches knows this."
"Note that the first woman featured in the video, one Michelle Gunn, appears to be a professional testimonial giver for these self-help workshop scams."
"The first gentlemen who is featured in the video is Kent Moyer. Kent Moyer is not in real estate at all, as his rather detailed website attests. Rather, he seems himself to be involved primarily in selling the kind of “coaching” and “seminars” that are pretty similar on their face to Trump University. I would also note per his bio that he appears to have gone to Wharton, and judging by the rest of his bio he’s about the same age as Trump, but I digress."
"Even if people find real value in the consulting services that Mr. Moyer provides, he by his own admission has never actually made money selling real estate, which is what Trump University is supposed to teach you how to do."
"Another of the persons featured on the video is Casey Hoban, who is also not today involved in the business of selling or buying real estate. He claims in the video that he was, either in Florida or South Carolina (he is not really clear) but one wonders if the returns from these real estate deals were so “incalculable” why he is in the business of selling protein water (instead of real estate, which is booming right now)."
"While Mr. Hoban does not appear to be in the business of buying and selling real estate, he does appear to be in some sort of business and personal relationship with Donald Trump and the Trump family through his protein water company, and a supporter of Trump’s."
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/06/01/trump-campaign-releases-video-defending-trump-university...-scam/
There you go. A woman who is a professional testimony giver: ie, she was paid to say what she said and she usually is paid to praise scam artists.
A guy who is a coach or consultant and finally, a protein water salesman with a business and personal relationship to Donald Trump.
Certainly very unconventional.
Meanwhile, the NY AG, Eric Schneiderman calls Trump U a scam from beginning to end.
"In New York we have laws against business fraud, we have laws against consumer fraud," Schneiderman told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America," when asked which specific laws he broke in New York state, which filed a lawsuit against Trump in 2013. "We have a law against running an illegal unlicensed university. This never was a university. The fraud started with the name of the organization and you can't just go around saying this is the George Stephanopoulos Law Firm/Hospital/ University without actually qualifying and registering, so it was really a fraud from beginning to end. "
"The New York lawsuit was the first of several pending against Trump, who could be called to testify in separate cases after the November general election, even as president or president-elect. "He doesn't have immunity from civil fraud trials," Schneiderman said.
"When Stephanopoulos noted that Trump has claimed the operation was a philanthropic venture, Schneiderman remarked, "Well, if it was a philanthropic venture, he certainly made out well from the philanthropic venture. The initial estimates are that he personally pocketed $5 million from this."
"Can you prove that?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"We're going to get more information when we get to the damages phase of the trial, but we're confident that he didn't do this for free," Schneiderman said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/eric-schneiderman-trump-university-fraud-223812#ixzz4AQhpcZY0
A scam from beginning to end. And after 'the end' a defense that is also a scam.
This is hardly the first time or last that Trump has been engaged in scams. He also ripped off NY in taking $150,000 dollars from a 9/11 fund meant for small businesses.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/manhattan-rep-calls-trump-small-9-11-recovery-funds-article-1.2652310
Good old Dirty Donnie.
"So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam. This video features three people – none of whom have ever bought or sold real estate for a living. One of them appears to be a professional testimonial-giver for seminars, one appears to give these kinds of seminars for himself, and one of them has an ongoing business and personal relationship with the Trump family, who have allowed him to sell his protein water on a number of their properties."
"I’m not really sure who this is supposed to persuade, other than the people who would be susceptible to taking the course in the first place. One of the defining characteristics of these scam seminars is that they can always find people who will star in exactly these sorts of videos who will tell you how great the program has been for them. Anyone who’s seen one of these pitches knows this."
"Note that the first woman featured in the video, one Michelle Gunn, appears to be a professional testimonial giver for these self-help workshop scams."
"The first gentlemen who is featured in the video is Kent Moyer. Kent Moyer is not in real estate at all, as his rather detailed website attests. Rather, he seems himself to be involved primarily in selling the kind of “coaching” and “seminars” that are pretty similar on their face to Trump University. I would also note per his bio that he appears to have gone to Wharton, and judging by the rest of his bio he’s about the same age as Trump, but I digress."
"Even if people find real value in the consulting services that Mr. Moyer provides, he by his own admission has never actually made money selling real estate, which is what Trump University is supposed to teach you how to do."
"Another of the persons featured on the video is Casey Hoban, who is also not today involved in the business of selling or buying real estate. He claims in the video that he was, either in Florida or South Carolina (he is not really clear) but one wonders if the returns from these real estate deals were so “incalculable” why he is in the business of selling protein water (instead of real estate, which is booming right now)."
"While Mr. Hoban does not appear to be in the business of buying and selling real estate, he does appear to be in some sort of business and personal relationship with Donald Trump and the Trump family through his protein water company, and a supporter of Trump’s."
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/06/01/trump-campaign-releases-video-defending-trump-university...-scam/
There you go. A woman who is a professional testimony giver: ie, she was paid to say what she said and she usually is paid to praise scam artists.
A guy who is a coach or consultant and finally, a protein water salesman with a business and personal relationship to Donald Trump.
Certainly very unconventional.
Meanwhile, the NY AG, Eric Schneiderman calls Trump U a scam from beginning to end.
"In New York we have laws against business fraud, we have laws against consumer fraud," Schneiderman told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America," when asked which specific laws he broke in New York state, which filed a lawsuit against Trump in 2013. "We have a law against running an illegal unlicensed university. This never was a university. The fraud started with the name of the organization and you can't just go around saying this is the George Stephanopoulos Law Firm/Hospital/ University without actually qualifying and registering, so it was really a fraud from beginning to end. "
"The New York lawsuit was the first of several pending against Trump, who could be called to testify in separate cases after the November general election, even as president or president-elect. "He doesn't have immunity from civil fraud trials," Schneiderman said.
"When Stephanopoulos noted that Trump has claimed the operation was a philanthropic venture, Schneiderman remarked, "Well, if it was a philanthropic venture, he certainly made out well from the philanthropic venture. The initial estimates are that he personally pocketed $5 million from this."
"Can you prove that?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"We're going to get more information when we get to the damages phase of the trial, but we're confident that he didn't do this for free," Schneiderman said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/eric-schneiderman-trump-university-fraud-223812#ixzz4AQhpcZY0
A scam from beginning to end. And after 'the end' a defense that is also a scam.
This is hardly the first time or last that Trump has been engaged in scams. He also ripped off NY in taking $150,000 dollars from a 9/11 fund meant for small businesses.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/manhattan-rep-calls-trump-small-9-11-recovery-funds-article-1.2652310
Good old Dirty Donnie.
He also used a tax credit for those who make under $500,000 per year. Later the City of NY declared this 'a mistake.'
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160308/BLOGS02/160309865/trump-qualified-for-a-tax-break-for-new-yorkers-making-500k-or-less
Hm. I hate when the government gives me tax breaks by mistake which I in no way ever asked for, not for one minute.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160308/BLOGS02/160309865/trump-qualified-for-a-tax-break-for-new-yorkers-making-500k-or-less
Hm. I hate when the government gives me tax breaks by mistake which I in no way ever asked for, not for one minute.
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