Trump pays $25 million to settle Trump University lawsuits
He had vowed never to settle, staunchly defending his Trump University project.<br /><br /> But on Friday US president-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle three Trump University lawsuits, having vowed never to do so.<br /><br /> His turnaround on settling the dispute over the real estate seminars was branded a ‘stunning reversal’ by New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.<br /><br /> The lawsuits in New York and California had dogged Trump throughout his campaign. <br /><br /> Donald Trump reverses course and agrees to pay $25 million in Trump University settlement https://t.co/ljJTgYKZXh— The New York Times (@nytimes) 19 novembre 2016<br /><br /> “A very important part of our willingness to compromise this case was the acknowledgment that there was no fault or liability on the part of president-elect Trump or Trump University,” said Trump’s attorney Daniel Petrocelli outside court in San Diego.<br /><br /> The plaintiffs’ attorney Jason Forge said: “Everybody who was enrolled in this school, who wants their money back, will get over half their money at a minimum and perhaps up to all of their money back. So we are very pleased with the outcome.”<br /><br /> Students claimed they were lured by false promises into paying hefty fees to learn investing “secrets” from “hand-picked” instructors. <br /><br /> Settling means Trump – still adamant he did nothing wrong – avoids a trial due to have started later this month.<br /><br /> US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, presiding over the two California cases, had urged both sides to settle. <br /><br /> Trump caused outrage during his election campaign by saying that Curiel, born in Indiana to Mexican immigrant parents, could not be impartial because of Trump’s pledge to build a wall on the US-Mexico border to control illegal immigration.<br />
