- In 1973, the United States
Justice Department filed a suit against Trump, his father, and Trump Management, with the government contending that Trump Management refused to rent to particular individuals “because of race and color,” which ended when the Trumps entered into a
consent decree to settle the litigation in 1975.
- In 1991, a
federal judge found that Trump, a group of his associates and a union official, were guilty of having “
conspired to avoid paying pension and welfare-fund contributions” by hiring nonunion Polish immigrants to demolish a building on East 57th Street to make way for Trump Tower.
- 2013, New York’s attorney general filed a suit that alleged Trump defrauded more than
5,000 people of $40 million through Trump University and the following year a judge ruled that Trump was
personally liable for operating a for-profit investment school without the required license.
- At least
20 women have accused Trump of various forms of
sexual assault or unwanted advances dating back to the 1970s, although Trump, who was caught on video boasting, “Grab them by the pussy… I just start kissing them… I don’t even wait,” has denied all of the allegations.
- 1998, Trump agreed to pay a
$750,000 civil penalty to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged that two previous 1986 stock purchases by Trump violated the notification procedures required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
- The president is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s office following his former attorney, Michael Cohen,
testifying before Congress that “Trump’s annual financial statements inflated the values of Trump’s assets to obtain favorable terms for loans and insurance coverage, while also deflating the value of other assets to reduce real estate taxes.” Trump’s son Eric Trump was
questioned under oath earlier this month as part of New York’s investigation into the Trump Organization.