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Spread this shit every time you hear somebody saying shit about Hillary- Bars, work, birthday parties, supermarket- everywhere Every DU'er should read this twice and know it like the back of their hand. Below are a few snips much more at the article and more scandals.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-scandals/474726/
The Beauty Pageant Scandals
Where and when: Various, 1992-present
Trump reportedly joined another model in bed, uninvited, late at night. On other occasions, he forced Harth into bedrooms and made passes at her, she said. But after the contest, Trump broke off dealings. Harth sued Trump, alleging sexual misbehavior, while the couple together sued him for breach of contract. In the suit, they also alleged that Trump had kept black women out of the pageant.
The upshot: The couple settled with Trump for an unannounced sum, and Harth dropped her suit.
Racial Housing Discrimination
Where and when: New York City, 1973-1975
The dirt: The Department of Justice sued Trump and his father Fred in 1973 for housing discrimination at 39 sites around New York.
In the end, however, the Trumps settled with the government, promising not to discriminate and submitting to regular review by the New York Urban Leaguethough crucially not admitting guilt.
Tenant Intimidation
Where and when: New York City, 1982-1986
Tenants said he cut off heat and hot water. Building management refused to make repairs; two tenants swore in court that mushrooms grew on their carpet from a leak. Perhaps Trumps most outlandish move was to place newspaper ads offering to house homeless New Yorkers in empty unitssince, as Trump wrote in The Art of the Deal, he didnt intend to fill units with permanent residents anyway.
The upshot: Trump gave in. He settled with tenants and agreed to monitoring. The building still stands today, and his son Eric owns a unit on the top floor.
The Undocumented Polish Workers
Where and when: New York City, 1980
The work had to be done fast, and so managers hired 200 undocumented Polish workers to tear it down, paying them substandard wages for backbreaking work$5 per hour, when they were paid at all
The upshot: In 1991, a federal judge found Trump and other defendants guilty of conspiring to avoid paying union pension and welfare contributions for the workers. The decision was appealed, with partial victories for both sides, and ultimately settled privately in 1999.
Alleged Marital Rape
Where and when: New York City, 1989
The dirt: While married to Ivana Trump, Donald Trump became angry at heraccording to a book by Harry Hurt, over a painful scalp-reduction surgeryand allegedly forcibly had sex with her. Ivana Trump said during a deposition in their divorce case that she felt violated and that her husband had raped her.
The upshot: When The Daily Beast reported on the incident, Trumps right-hand man Michael Cohen threatened reporters and claimedincorrectlythat a man cannot legally rape his wife.
Breaking Casino Rules
Where and when: New York and New Jersey, various
As noted above, New Jersey also fined Trump $200,000 for arranging to keep black employees away from mafioso Robert LiButtis gambling table. In 1991, the Casino Control Commission fined Trumps company another $450,000 for buying LiButti nine luxury cars. And in 2000, Trump was fined $250,000 for breaking New York state law in lobbying to prevent an Indian casino from opening in the Catskills, for fear it would compete against his Atlantic City casinos.
The upshot: Trump admitted no wrongdoing in the New York case. Hes now out of the casino business.
MUCH MUCH MORE!
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-scandals/474726/
treestar
(82,383 posts)None of it is boring, dry matters of political issues, bills and laws, treaties, policy wonk, etc. All interesting exciting soap opera stuff. You have to wonder. They do it for money, so I'm absolutely amazed that they think the horse race would get them more eyeballs than the details of this kind of stuff. All involves lives of the rich and famous - they could do as well as reality TV.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)media?
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)or many ads
niyad
(114,007 posts)kentuck
(111,111 posts)Should be spread about on the social media...
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I hope Hillary memorizes all of these so when he goes "personal" during the first debate she can start nailing his ass
But he could shoot someone in the middle of Times Square and his supporters would still vote for him. He said so himself...