Bloomberg Law
July 22, 2016, 8:18 PM UTC

Trump Says Hype Not Racketeering in Bid to Toss Ex-Student Suit

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By Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg News

Classic “sales puffery” isn’t racketeering.

That’s the core argument Donald Trump is making the day after accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for president as he tries to persuade a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit by ex-students of his namesake university.

The candidate’s lawyers are trying to end one of two class- action lawsuits by former Trump University enrollees who claim they were cheated with false promises into paying as much as $35,000 for real-estate seminars and workshops.

Both cases are before U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego, who is also considering ...

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