Trump is leading more than just the delegate race.
USA Today reported that Trump also has been involved in about 3,500 lawsuits across the country — an unprecedented number for a presidential candidate.
Last week, one of them, a pending lawsuit against Trump University, went mainstream when a judge decided to release previously private documents and Trump called out the judge's Mexican heritage.
Trump made a commercial selling the venture explaining that the professors were handpicked and that if you didn't choose to attend, "You're just not going to make it in the world of success."
New York's Attorney General began to look into it, noting that the first problem they found was that it wasn't actually a university.
According to the sworn testimony by several former employees, many instructors and mentors had no experience buying or selling real estate. In fact, one had worked as a salesman for Lowe’s, and another had been manager for Buffalo Wild Wings. A former member of Trump’s own sales staff testified that it was, among other things, "a joke, a façade, and it was just selling false hopes and lies."
Every university has sold some of its students false hopes and lies, it's just that most of the time they call it a theater arts degree.
In the end though, these weren't even really students. The documents — called playbooks by Trump U — contained instructions on how to upsell the buyers ( students). Among the tactics was to only say prices ranged from $29 to $35,000 — nothing more specific. Also they sales people were told to be aggressive, and as the book read, "If they complain about the price, remind them that Trump is the BEST!"
But what about those who couldn't afford the courses?
The playbook mentions them too, specifically theorizing about a single mother who might need to buy food. The playbooks advised the salespeople: "Money is never a reason for not enrolling in Trump University; if they really believe in you and your product they will find the money. You are not doing any favor by letting someone use lack of money as an excuse."
Students were not pleased.
One put about $35,000 on a credit card.
Another student was disappointed when he didn't get his photo taken with the former host of The Apprentice. "It ended up being a cardboard cutout of Mr. Trump," the student said in a deposition.
The playbooks are pretty damning — they even included specific instructions on what to do if an attorney general arrived on the scene.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/165026-john-oliver-reveals-the-trick-that-trump-university-and-donald-trumps-campaign-share
