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Jose Garcia

(2,594 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:26 PM Jan 2017

Contractor files $2 million lawsuit against Trump for unpaid bills

Source: The Hill

A Maryland-based electrical company is suing President Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel for than $2 million, Politico reports.

AES Electrical, also called Freestate Electrical, alleged that its employees had to work “nonstop” to complete electrical and fire alarm systems before the hotel’s “soft opening” in September and its grand opening in October. It says it never received payment for its work.

The lawsuit also argues that without Freestate, the real estate mogul would not have been able to hold an event at the hotel in September.
“At the time of the ‘soft opening,’ Donald J. Trump, President of Defendent, Trump Old Post Office, LLC, was a U.S. presidential candidate and the ‘soft opening’ had to occur to permit Mr. Trump’s nationally televised campaign event from the Hotel on September 16, 2016, which was to honor U.S. veterans,” the lawsuit says. “But for Freestate’s acceleration of work and performance of extra work on the project, this event would not have been able to occur.”

Freestate also noted that its work before the hotel’s “grand opening” on Oct. 26 was timed just before the Nov. 8 election in order to generate “positive press coverage.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316098-contractor-files-2-million-against-trump-for-unpaid-bills

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tenorly

(2,037 posts)
2. The next bill introduced out of some Rethug congresscritter's butt,
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:30 PM
Jan 2017

will be an order banning Freestate Electrical from any federal contracts.

lark

(23,094 posts)
3. Lying, cheating scum of the earth.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:32 PM
Jan 2017

Can't wait for all the lawsuits to pile up. Wonder what he's going to do? I bet it will be interesting, just hope he doesn't destroy our constitution in his zeal for vengeance against the judges who won't just dismiss the cases.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
18. Federal contracts will...
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 02:43 PM
Jan 2017

Have to be given to day laborers hanging out on street corners in large urban areas.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
7. Says a hell of alot about this piece of garbage drumpf.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:43 PM
Jan 2017

There are way too many real estate developers and general contractors screwing small business subcontractors with attempted "haircuts" to their bill for work performed. This asshole liar is a total fraud.

 

FairWinds

(1,717 posts)
10. Yep, some folks on the Reich . .
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:33 PM
Jan 2017

sit around in our local Yacht Club and brag
about stiffing people who work for them.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
11. Oops - it was the Rethugs who cleared the way for private lawsuits against the sitting President
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:42 PM
Jan 2017
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/president-trump-can-thank-paula-jones-his-legal-troubles

When he moves into the White House in January, Donald Trump will bring with him some unusual baggage: a long list of pending lawsuits in which he is either a plaintiff or a defendant. And just because he'll be president doesn't mean these cases are going away. For this, Trump can thank Paula Jones and the husband of his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway.

By USA Today's count, Trump is involved in at least 75 ongoing cases. They include the numerous fraud lawsuits targeting the president-elect's now-defunct Trump University, which encouraged students to take out hefty loans in order to enroll in its get-rich-quick real estate seminars. A trial in a class-action lawsuit against Trump University is scheduled to begin in California on November 28, though Trump's lawyers have asked to postpone the case until after his inauguration. During his presidency, Trump won't be able to avoid potentially embarrassing court proceedings, depositions, and even the possibility of appearing as a witness in court. The law is clear that a sitting president can be sued for private conduct—which brings us to the Paula Jones story.

keithbvadu2

(36,776 posts)
15. The big contractors will be his cronies... They'll get paid with taxpayer dollars.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:34 PM
Jan 2017

It's the little guys who Trump and friends would cheat.

Az_lefty

(3,670 posts)
14. I hope this continues to happen...
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 06:30 PM
Jan 2017

Trumps a con-man who's idea of renegotiating is to pay contractors less than what their owed.

flvegan

(64,407 posts)
16. Not JUST a lawsuit. That's a foreclosure.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:38 PM
Jan 2017

Requesting the court to prioritize, enforce the lien and force the sale of his leasehold interest to satisfy same. Mechanic's lien law in D.C. 101.

LOL!

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