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Thursday, June 02, 2016

Attorneys suing Trump U paid $675,000 to Clintons for speeches

NEW YORK – Documents released Wednesday in a case accusing Trump University of fraud confirmed the law firm behind the national class-action lawsuit against Trump University paid Bill and Hillary Clinton a total of $675,000 for speeches.

Some 400 pages of court exhibits were ordered released Friday by a U.S. district judge.

LawNewZ.com reported Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, the San Diego-based law firm with the most lawyers representing plaintiffs in the two currently active class action suits in the Trump University case, in total paid Hillary Clinton $450,000 for two speeches. One was given in September 2013 and the second a year later, in September 2014, in addition to the $225,000 the San Diego law firm paid Bill Clinton for a speech he gave in 2009 before the firm was renamed.

The widely read economics blog ZeroHedge.com also noted that amid the litigation, Patrick Coughlin, one of the Robbins Geller attorneys, maxed out his contributions to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonder what she promised them??????????

Anonymous said...

America, where we support capitalism...except when it's in favor of someone we despise.

Anonymous said...

Conflict of interest.

Anonymous said...

The Clinton smear machine is revving up.

Anonymous said...

Paying a government official that kind of money for speeches is not capitalism but cronyism and if they are in office should be prosecuted.She has been a senator or dept official the whole time.

Anonymous said...

Let's face it. None of those looking to win the nomination for the POTUS are the majority's favorites. But unless someone comes up that most would vote for we're going to be stuck with Hillary or Trump. Between the two, I vote Trump because he has said he will surround himself with smart people, instead of unqualified friends and others you owe for getting you elected.