Lawyers in Trump University case seek maximum political pain

[BootinUp]

Legal fight is escalating over potential release of real estate mogul's deposition videos.



The plaintiffs' lawyers in two class-action lawsuits against Donald Trump over Trump University are trying to make four dozen video clips public. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO

By Josh Gerstein and Maggie Severns

06/10/16 03:24 PM EDT

A battle is escalating over the potential release of videos of Donald Trump dodging and weaving during depositions in the Trump University case, footage that could make its way into attack ads aimed at the Republican White House hopeful.

Trump has denied accusations that Trump University students were ripped off, and he has painted the legal assault as part of a politically motivated campaign to damage his presidential ambitions. He has noted that Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, the major class-action law firm involved, has long ties to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, paying them $675,000 for speeches in recent years. Attorneys at the firm have also been generous donors to the Clintons' campaigns.

However, legal experts say the plaintiffs' lawyers' approach in the long-running litigation seems less driven by political loyalties and more by opportunism — a chance to capitalize on Trump's predicament to try to force him into a financial settlement far more costly than would have been on the table before his improbable political ascent.

"They might have been willing to accept a settlement of 'X' dollars before, but Trump appeared unwilling to settle," said University of Chicago law professor David Zarfes. "Now, it would probably be '2X' or '3X' or '4X.' They have him in a very difficult, tenuous situation. It's unfortunate for him."

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Trump too stupid to settle. Not his pattern. Too late for him. But the lawyers aren't bluffing. . nt

[rurallib]

2. got to look forward to the lawyers taking a maximum pound of flesh

from an asshole whose whole life has been based on screwing over others.

[annabanana]

3. "They have him in a very difficult, tenuous situation. It's unfortunate for him"