Trump University - Texas Edition

[Jimmy Higgins]

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The focus on Trump University also reignited a controversy in Texas over the decision there by the state attorney general not to file a fraud case against the business. Newly disclosed documents reported by Texas media show that investigators had probed the company for seven months and recommended a lawsuit. The inquiry was shut down when Trump University closed up shop in the state.

Trump later gave $35,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of then-Attorney General Greg Abbott. A spokesman for Abbott, now the Republican governor of Texas, has said it’s “absurd” to suggest a connection between the case and the donation that came several years later and that Trump University was “forced out of Texas and consumers were protected.”

Yes, it is very common to have your corporation kicked from a state and then said owner decides to donate money to the campaign of the guy who is running for Governor... who kicked you out of the state. That is so very Trump.

One could argue, if Trump gave him money, why didn't the University get to stay. On the other hand, why was there no lawsuit? That would have probably cost Trump much more than $35,000.