Trump University Case Is Set For Trial And Trump May Have To Testify

FILE- In this May 23, 2005, file photo, real estate mogul and Reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him at a news conference in New York where he announced the establishment of Trum... FILE- In this May 23, 2005, file photo, real estate mogul and Reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him at a news conference in New York where he announced the establishment of Trump University. Tarla Makaeff a yoga instructor, has had enough of Trump after six years fighting him in court. Makaeff, wants to withdraw from a federal class-action lawsuit that claims Trump University fleeced students with an empty promise to teach them real estate. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) MORE LESS

A lawsuit against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s now-defunct business venture, Trump University, was set to go to trial, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday.

Scheiderman said in a statement that he expected Trump to be an “essential witness.”

Trump University was promoted as an online course that would share Trump’s secrets to success as a businessman. Schneiderman filed a lawsuit alleging those expectations were not met by the university.

“I am very pleased the judge has indicated her intention to move as expeditiously as possible to trial, as thousands of Mr. Trump’s alleged victims have been waiting years for relief from his fraud,” Schneiderman said in the statement. “We believe that Mr. Trump and Mr. Sexton will be essential witnesses at trial. As we will prove in court, Donald Trump and his sham for-profit college defrauded thousands of students out of millions of dollars.”

Schneiderman was referring to Michael Sexton, the former president of Trump University.

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  1. Oh, man, can you imagine Trump on the witness stand? I hope this gets televised.

  2. Trump University was promoted as an online course that would share Trump’s secrets to success as a businessman.

    “First, you get a small loan, you know, really puny, like a million dollars …”

  3. “Trump University Case Is Set For Trial And Trump May Have To Testify.”

    Can’t he just send a cardboard cutout of himself?

  4. “Trump University” is an oxymoron. Let Judge Judy hear the case!!

  5. Maybe just the Tweet generator algorithm.

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