Trump: Judge's ethnicity matters in Trump University suit
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-defends-trump-university-rubio-081622700.html
Jill Colvin and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press
February 28, 2016
Trump: Judge's ethnicity matters in Trump University suit
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case.
Asked on "Fox News Sunday" what U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel's ethnicity has to do with the lawsuit against him, Trump replied:
"I think it has to do perhaps with the fact that I'm very, very strong on the border, very, very strong at the border, and he has been extremely hostile to me," Trump said.
According to the California class-action complaint in front of Curiel, a one-year apprenticeship that Trump University students were promised ended after students paid for a three-day seminar. Attendees who were promised a personal photo with Trump received only the chance to take a photo with a cardboard cutout. And many instructors were bankrupt real estate investors.