There was no mention of apologizing or backing away from his widely criticized remarks about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing cases against the Trump University real-estate program. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has argued that Curiel has an inherent conflict of interest in deliberating a case involving his for-profit university because his parents emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico.
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There was a whole bunch of insane in that conference call, but the craziest moment of all was when Trump suggested that the journalists who are doing their jobs by asking him questions about the Trump University case and his comments about the judge are the real racists.
In his interview with Dickerson, and in a separate discussion with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union, Trump refused to retreat from his comments on Judge Curiel’s background. Trump has maintained that customers were overwhelmingly satisfied.
“Take that order and throw it the hell out”, Trump told those on the line. He is as a former federal prosecutor, a San Diego County Superior Court judge appointed by then-Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a federal judge.
The message was repeated Monday, this time from House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
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Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper says Portman, who has endorsed Trump, should withdraw that support. On CBS’ Face the Nation, he was asked whether a Muslim judge should be disqualified from judging him, in view of Trump’s repeated calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering America.
On Sunday, Trump doubled down on the idea. He recently said he didn’t know if a Muslim judge could be fair to him. “That would be possible, absolutely”. The statement drew fast criticism from several Republican leaders. I don’t think it reflects well on the Republican Party.
“Given TU students” radically different experiences, plaintiffs can not show that TU students were exposed to the same “core’ misrepresentations”, Daniel Petrocelli, a lawyer for Trump, wrote in Friday’s filing.
Corker, who recently met with Trump in NY, said Trump “has a tremendous opportunity” to build out his foreign policy agenda.
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Dawson works for the city of Elkhart and although many at the event share his feelings, Trump signs can still be found on front yards in Goshen. According to The Post, Trump said, “As far as Newt is concerned, I saw Newt, I was surprised that Newt – I thought it was inappropriate what he said”. “This is no longer the primaries”. Trump said. “That’s one of the reasons I want to have this call, because you guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people that aren’t so smart”.
