With GOP nomination looming, Trump is slated to take witness stand in fraud trial

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https://www.yahoo.com/politics/with-gop-nomination-looming-trump-slated-to-take-191550876.html

Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
February 23, 2016

Here’s a part of the political calendar that nobody in the Republican Party seems to have noticed: This spring, just as the GOP nomination battle enters its final phase, frontrunner Donald Trump could be forced to take time out for some unwanted personal business: He’s due to take the witness stand in a federal courtroom in San Diego, where he is being accused of running a financial fraud.

In court filings last Friday, lawyers for both sides in a long-running civil lawsuit over the now defunct Trump University named Trump on their witness lists. That makes it all but certain that the reality-show star and international businessman will be forced to be grilled under oath over allegations in the lawsuit that he engaged in deceptive trade practices and scammed thousands of students who enrolled in his “university” courses in response to promises he would make them rich in the real estate market.

Although the case has been winding its way through the courts for the past five years — and Trump has denied all wrongdoing — the final pretrial conference is now slated for May 6, according to the latest pleadings in the case. No trial date has been set, but the judge has indicated his interest in moving the case forward, the pleadings show. more...

What can one say except

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. He scammed thousands of would-be scam artists?

Sounds about right.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Has his deposition been taken?

[DetlefK]

3. MUHAHAHA! Just as Obama had planned all along!!!

[Gothmog]

4. This will be fun to watch

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5. come May, this will certainly be great after Trump is crowned GOP nominee

Should throw the whole circus into more-than-usual-crazy mode.