Donald's Trump University scam job settles for $25 million. Maybe in 4 years, The Defrauded People of the United States vs. Ex President Trump can be settled for a couple trillion? lol
Reality: Trump is guilty of fraud (a "high crime or misdemeanor," by the way). A conman criminal who got caught. After claiming throughout the campaign that he was "totally innocent" and that "we will win this case," he admits guilt and pays the victims of his fraud. No jail time, of course, although those guilty of similar scams have been put away for it. Trump spin, which will become Trumpista "reality": Mr. Trump is putting the country first by settling this bogus lawsuit when he wasn't even guilty and all those people who sued him were Democrats who knew 4 or 5 years ago when they sued that he'd win the presidency are were only suing to hurt him. In fact, they were probably "Fascists," and we know what that definition really means, and they totally are.
3:00 a.m. tweet preview: "I could have won this lawsuit easily, believe me, but POTUS duties forced me to settle. Sad."
It was a civil suit, right? If there was fraud (and there clearly was), why weren't criminal charges ever filed?
Trump will also pay up to $1 million in penalties to the state of New York, Schneiderman said. A $25 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against Trump University
So he paid an insignificant fine to the state of NY and didn't admit guilt? Pretty damn easy for billionaires to screw people and get away with it.
I'm aware of that as a legal matter. I was speaking as a moral matter. No official admission of guilt is what DAs use as a tool in cases like this in order to pry out the money. People don't just willingly give $25 million to people they haven't wronged. Ultimately, this is an admission that he wronged them. Technically not legally, but in the larger sense. Not that it won't be spun.
