The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet

[progressoid]

The Republican nominee’s charitable foundation made a large gift to a Florida politician right before she dropped a damaging investigation. But what else has the foundation done?


The breadth of Trump’s controversies is truly yuge, ranging from allegations of mafia ties to unscrupulous business dealings, and from racial discrimination to alleged marital rape. The stretch over more than four decades, from the mid-1970s to the present day. To catalogue the full sweep of allegations would require thousands of words and lump together the trivial with the truly scandalous. Including business deals that have simply failed, without any hint of impropriety, would require thousands more. This is a snapshot of some of the most interesting and largest of those scandals.

The Beauty Pageant Scandals

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Racial Housing Discrimination

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Mafia Ties

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Trump University

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Tenant Intimidation

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The Four Bankruptcies

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The Undocumented Polish Workers

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Alleged Marital Rape

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Breaking Casino Rules

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Antitrust Violations

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Condo Hotel Shenanigans

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Corey Lewandowski

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Suing Journalist Tim O’Brien for Libel

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Refusing to Pay Workers and Contractors

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Trump Institute

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Buying Up His Own Books

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Undocumented Models

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The Trump Foundation

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/donald-trump-scandals/474726/

[gopiscrap]

1. and last night on Lawrence O'Donnell:

he stiffed 10-12 girl dancers who performed at one of his rallies.

[Imperialism Inc.]

2. And how about the casual lying?

Like saying the NFL sent him a letter about the debates. Or, saying he talked to a higher up at the Chicago PD. Or claiming to have seen Muslims celebrating 9/11 in NJ. And how about that preposterous doctor's note?

[Hortensis]

3. Good brand-new article. Thanks! Btw,

people, do click the seeming false-equivalency link to HRCs, "bringing with her a train-car’s worth of baggage," and check it out. It's really not bad. A long summary of all the smoke-and-mirrors scandals, with evaluations of their effective political liability.

But the Republican front-runner is at least as saddled with controversy as Clinton is—and while many of the Clinton cases involve suspicion and shadowy links, many of Trump’s are fully documented in court cases and legal proceedings.

[kstewart33]

4. A great post.

If only every voter would read this article. I'm hoping that Clinton has a barrel of ads on the variety of his corruptions that will soon be run nationwide.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Forgot lawsuit against him for rape of minor

[ProfessorPlum]

7. yeah, when is that going to hit the fan? I haven't seen much about it on DU either

this guy really seems more and more evil.

[narnian60]

6. A definite bookmark.

[progressoid]

8. Posted to Facebook.

A couple of Trumpsters aren't happy with this.