Lee is White House correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that Trump has singled out for scorn. You see it right there.
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Hillary Clinton holding a slight lead over Donald Trump. He’s now facing new questions about Trump University and lashing out at the media accusing reporters of treating him unfairly.
Lewandowski blamed the shortfall on Trump’s own wealthy acquaintances. At that point, Trump coughed up the money.
If Trump becomes president, “is this what it’s going to be like?” a reporter asked toward the end of the unhappy news conference.
“Unbelievably dishonest”, he called them. Eventually David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post was able to prove by process of elimination that Trump had in fact not contributed any of the promised $1 million to any veterans’ group. He gave $1 million of his own money to a charity for veterans.
Sara Berry, director of marketing and communications for the SEAL Foundation, declined to confirm the Trump donation or say when it was sent.
The university documents showed Trump University created a special class to teach students how to cash in on USA mortgage foreclosures when the United States was struggling with an entrenched housing crisis in 2009.
On Tuesday, Trump detailed the groups that received portions of what was actually $5.6 million raised from the rally. Is this a prime example? It was there that he announced $6 million had been raised, so this wasn’t exactly under the radar. “And I have to say a lot more to come”.
With The Donald already measuring the drapes in the Oval Office, the reporters who cover him have begun asking sharp aggressive questions.
I thank you for riding an escalator down – we love metaphors! – to your presidential campaign announcement, and for not making us wait long before you suggested most Mexican immigrants are rapists. That night, Trump said he’d raised $6 million. Way back in Iowa, a miffed Trump skipped a candidate forum sponsored by Fox News because he thought he’d been treated too roughly by its reporters in an earlier debate. For months he would not receive the full list of those who received money. On Tuesday, he announced the groups he would be donating to. The list also includes Project for Patriots, another organization included on the original list, which is still awaiting approval for its tax-exempt status.
But the biggest batch appeared to have gone out around May 24, with several of the groups saying they had no contact with the Trump organization before that. Some told us they received the money months ago. “What I got was worse than credit, because they were questioning me”. On Feb. 3, on “Morning Joe”, Trump repeated the figure four times in six sentences.
Trump today criticized the media for being “dishonest” and “unfair”, saying he has never received such “bad publicity” for doing a “good job”.
Trump has railed against U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who ordered the documents unsealed. “Just do your jobs and be fair”, he said. The foundation had presented Trump with an award at its 2015 gala held at a NY hotel. The billionaire said he’s not settling because he knows he will wing these lawsuits, George. Think about the press conference you just watched.
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