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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 05:23 PM Jun 2016

Law firm suing Trump U. gave big $$$$ to the Clintons

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/exclusive-law-firm-behind-trump-university-lawsuit-gave-big-money-to-the-clintons

That's Dan Abrahms' news site.

Donald Trump has undoubtedly made the class action lawsuit against Trump University a campaign issue. For the last several days, he has been on a tear against federal Judge Gonzolo Curiel who is overseeing one of the class action lawsuits against Trump University. In the lawsuit, former students claim that the University and Trump violated federal law by luring them to sign up with false promises and then defrauded them once they handed over their checks.

LawNewz.com discovered that when it comes to politics, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, the law firm behind the class action lawsuit, is not exactly neutral either. Our analysis, using data first compiled by The Washington Post, found that Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd paid the Clintons a total of $675,000 in fees for speeches since 2009. Hillary Clinton gave a $225,000 speech at the law firm as recently as September 4, 2014. Bill Clinton also gave a speech for the same fee back in 2013, and another one in 2009 before the firm had been renamed (they used to be called Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP). In fact, of the five law firms that paid for the Clintons to speak over the last few years, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd paid out the most money.

Court records indicate 9 attorneys from Robbins Geller are listed as representing Art Cohen and the other former Trump University students in the class action lawsuit (there are three attorneys from another law firm as well). A review of the case’s docket reveals that the Robbins Geller attorneys have aggressively pursued the lawsuit, pushed for Trump to testify and for the trial to begin before the November 2016 election.
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Why would the Clintons take money from this exclusive law firm?
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Law firm suing Trump U. gave big $$$$ to the Clintons (Original Post) grasswire Jun 2016 OP
on now admit it your just jealous Bernie didn't get those $$$$$ azurnoir Jun 2016 #1
Carrying Trumps water now? Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #4
Clinton supported by law firm that represents plaintiffs in securities cases against corporations onenote Jun 2016 #2
I told you Hillary is powerful. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #3

Demsrule86

(68,539 posts)
4. Carrying Trumps water now?
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jun 2016

you should be alerted for this post. But I won't bother...June 16th is coming ...when such posts that favor Trump will get you hidden and/or tossed out.

onenote

(42,675 posts)
2. Clinton supported by law firm that represents plaintiffs in securities cases against corporations
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 05:40 PM
Jun 2016

That should make some Sanders' supporters heads spin around.

Sounds like a bunch of damn do-gooders. http://www.rgrdlaw.com/

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