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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City to close due to labor unrest
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-trump-taj-mahal-owners-close-casino-41098281In fairness, the property still has his name on it, but no longer has any control after he bankrupted his sorry ass out of the losing deal.
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Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City to close due to labor unrest (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Aug 2016
OP
Why Isn't the Media asking About Donald Trump's Mob Connections? from Thom Hartmann
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#1
is this the guy that stabbed somebody in the face with a wineglass stem? 150 stitches?
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#3
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)1. Why Isn't the Media asking About Donald Trump's Mob Connections? from Thom Hartmann
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)3. is this the guy that stabbed somebody in the face with a wineglass stem? 150 stitches?
The daughter of a reputed New Jersey mob figure says her late father had a longtime relationship with Donald Trump that included gambling millions of dollars at one of his casinos, flying on his helicopter and partying aboard his private yacht. In 1991, Trump first faced questions about his dealings with Robert LiButti, a plump, balding and nationally famous horse breeder with an explosive temper who would later be banned from New Jersey casinos for his ties to Mafia boss John Gotti.
At the time, New Jersey state regulators had launched an investigation into allegations by nine employees of one of Trumps Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza, that the hotel had repeatedly removed African-Americans and women from craps tables after LiButti, one of the highest-rolling gamblers in the citys history, loudly complained about their presence when he was playing.
The probe resulted in a $200,000 fine against the Trump Plaza by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission for violating state anti-discrimination laws. Investigators found that LiButti had, on multiple occasions, berated blacks and women using what one state official described as the vilest language including racist slurs and references to women in obscene terms and that the Trump Plaza, in order not to lose his substantial business, sought to accommodate him by keeping the employees away from his betting tables, according to commission documents recently obtained by Yahoo News under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act. ..It was a substantial fine at the time, said Mitchell A. Schwefel, then a New Jersey assistant attorney general who brought the states case against the Trump Plaza on behalf of the state Division of Gaming Enforcement. That was a red-flag issue for us because that was conduct [by the hotel] that was not going to be tolerated.
Trump was not held personally liable for the violations of his hotel, and there is no indication that he was ever questioned by state officials as part of their investigation. When asked about LiButti by a reporter, the casino mogul suggested he barely knew the foul-mouthed gambler. I have heard he is a high roller, but if he was standing here in front of me, I wouldnt know what he looked like, Trump told the Philadelphia Inquirer in February 1991.
maybe he looked a lot like Putin
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. K&R
LOSER!