HIGHLIGHTS: Hot-Mic Video of Trump From a Fraud Case Deposition
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On December 10, 2015, Donald Trump took time off from campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination to spend about seven hours sitting for a videotaped deposition in a lawsuit alleging that he and his Trump University had defrauded people who had spent thousands of dollars to learn the secrets of his financial success. Presumably unbeknown to the future president or his lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, the camera kept rolling during a break in proceedings. For 13 minutes, Trump and Petrocelli discussed the case, and Trump can be heard boasting that he threatened the Better Business Bureau into giving Trump University an A rating and grousing about the federal judge overseeing the case (and perhaps considering a racist attack on that judge). The video recording of this session was sealed by the judge, but Mother Jones has obtained a hot-mic recording of this conversation between Trump and Petrocelli.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump faced three lawsuits accusing him and Trump University-which was not accredited as a university-of hoodwinking students who had doled out between $1,495 and $34,995 for real estate seminars. Trump had personally promoted this endeavor and vouched for the instructors (“handpicked by me”). Trump claimed the judge, Gonzalo Curiel, was biased against him and called him “a hater of Donald Trump” who “happens to be, we believe, Mexican.” (Curiel was born in Indiana.) Trump vowed that he would never settle the cases. But shortly after the election, he did just that, agreeing to pay $25 million, without admitting wrongdoing.
Art Cohen, the lead plaintiff in one of two Trump University class action lawsuits, provided a copy of this "hot mic" recording to Mother Jones. “I wanted to get this out before the election so people better understand how Trump behaves behind the scenes,” Cohen says. “I wish everybody had gotten the chance to see Trump’s behavior as I did before the 2016 election. With 20/20 vision, we now have the opportunity to better understand his true nature and the gangster persona he shows in this video.”
Watch Mother Jones Washington DC Bureau Chief David Corn describe the contents and relevance of the newly obtained tape in this highlights reel. Head to motherjones.com for more analysis, reporting, and to watch the unedited tape in full.
#Trump #hotmic #TrumpUniversity
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Trump University lawsuit
01:43 Trump claim: Threatening the BBB
04:07 Trump fixates on judge’s race
06:14 Settling the lawsuit
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Lying and cheating is the trump way of business, so what did they expect to learn from him?
@Ammon6
3 жыл бұрын
Way of life😎🥶
@BorisTheSpyder
3 жыл бұрын
He learn from a larger scumbag.....his Dad.
@navonmyhand7999
3 жыл бұрын
They expected to learn how to lie and grift from the master, but it was just another long con lmao
@BorisTheSpyder
3 жыл бұрын
Dad taught him well, it will catch him soon! Stay tuned!!
@BigMamaDaveX
3 жыл бұрын
Well, he's been voted out, at long last... 😎 MEANWHILE... When is former president, now-Private-Citizen tRump FINALLY getting *arrested* ?? (e.g.: FBI, IRS, SDNY, looking at YOU!) All those pending charges... When can we _finally_ expect *indictments* ??? 😕 (Preferably all at once!) 😏 Still waiting for that perp-walk, BEFORE he's pushing up dandelions, considering his age...! (STILL asking for a friend.)
Somebody please put him in jail.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tim, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
@goranandrijasevic2534
Жыл бұрын
WHo ? Who can overcome his demonic belligerency?
@VM-oi3dk
3 ай бұрын
@@robertanderson1541what kind of a defense is that? You can’t make an argument that is logical so you resort to sarcasm. This has nothing to do with Tim’s mood. You confuse mocking someone with actually proving a point.
Once a cheat, always a cheat
I don't understand how someone with a court appearance like this hanging over him could be elected to the presidency. How was he even eligible?
@JohnDoe-xi6xl
3 жыл бұрын
It gets better. Trump was ordered to appear in court in Dec. 2016 (that’s right, Dec. 2016) in response to allegation of rape by a woman who was a minor when she alleges Trump raped her after she was lured to an Epstein party. Her story was corroborated by the woman who lured her there. The accuser dropped the case after receiving threats.
@EllyB1104
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-xi6xl he is truly disgusting 🤢
@DreamWalker_420
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you that is what I have been saying 2015,
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Elly, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
@lasmith9820
2 жыл бұрын
An old school Republican friend of mine said most Republicans WANTED a crook to front their exploits so they all piled in behind the biggest crook they could find.
In any other administration, this would be career ending, but no.
@nancyhoward627
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
Exactly who the hell would want to be like him !!!
@acari27
Жыл бұрын
other con artists of course!
This is gold. I’m glad this came out, and thank you for sharing it.
Can you imagine Obama talking this way?
Trump University’s key to financial wealth and success? Step 1: have a rich daddy whose money can bail you out
Жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for his dad, he would've been out on the streets working for taco bell as a manager.
@acari27
Жыл бұрын
@ Im not sure he has the work ethic required to be useless :)
Eh, my mom is from Mexico and I can assure Mexican is a nationality, not a race.
@noelpucarua2843
3 жыл бұрын
And the judge was from the USA.
@margaretcaine4219
3 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that a huge portion of the US was Mexican, and populated by Mexicans, long before Europeans. The US engineered wars firstly with Spain, and then with Mexico to gain what is now Texas and California.Look up a map of 1790 US.
@AB-fh1it
3 жыл бұрын
@@noelpucarua2843 his parents aren’t
@whitesteve4383
3 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure my lineage wasn't born in the USA but we are the melting pot
I’m surprised he has lived so long😂😂😂😂
@ronk9830
Жыл бұрын
He surely leads a horrible life with all his obsessions. 😃
If you pay the BBB as “certified” for like $50 and can go from an F to an A.
😂🤣😂🤣 I get it now! That's where Trump's $23,000,000 campaign money went! He only had to pull two million out of his pocket and I'm sure he took that out of someone else's pocket too. Probably one of his charities?!?!
@grymmdjarskellige4052
2 жыл бұрын
He was self funded though, mentioned it in every single interview practically.
The man has no shame.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Cindy, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
What a gangster! A real goon.
@debrawatson7489
2 жыл бұрын
he is a wanna be goon
That should of stopped him running immediately
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Julie, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Once again many thanks for posting this MJ, really funny watching a true snake-oil salesman at work, evasion, evasion, evasion. Any words from the lip reader commentators please?
@acari27
Жыл бұрын
'is he an arsehole or does he just want me in a trial'
@petergambier
Жыл бұрын
@@acari27, thanks.
You need to make an ad ,so people can see this on TV I would loved it
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mariane, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
@bugattiveyronlover
Жыл бұрын
on t.v along with the rest of the fake bullshit
[indecipherable]
It's like watching Tony Soprano....
@kaoko111
3 жыл бұрын
Really? Tony was smart. Actually, most of the mob as shitty as they are clever enough to hide their skeletons and avoid the law. Trump in the other hand is so blatanly corrupt that he admits crimes on tv. And he's only out off the hook cause he's an useful idiot for the GOP. That's why he's so desperate to stay in office, he knows that if he loses his grip to power is utterly fucked and will face a tsunami of legal problems.
What are you talking about? Trump talks like this in front of cameras. There is nothing to hide.
@_jeck_
3 жыл бұрын
@Geoff Collins You're supposed to use litigation if there's bias or unfair practices, that's exactly why we have the courts in the first place. If his litigation isn't legitimate, they can counter-sue.
@FlorianBrandenburg
3 жыл бұрын
Committing crimes in the open doesn't make them legal.
@LichaelMewis
3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorianBrandenburg tell that to the DemonRats
@_jeck_
3 жыл бұрын
@Geoff Collins You call it a stall tactic, but have you tried running for office while having to deal with litigation? It's perfectly reasonable and expected for this to be handled after the election. If you had a project due in 3 months and I locked you up in litigation for the entirety of that time, you'd likely fail to meet your deadline. The court will still determine a fair outcome in the end. It would be unethical and dirty to force him to lose the election because of court proceedings. He's not cheating anything, he's using the system we the people have built and supported together. If you don't like the system, petition to change it. If he loses the election and tries to litigate without any evidence, he'll likely lose, so what's the problem? You say there's no evidence of fraud, but that's not true. We've already seen evidence of dead people voting in prior elections, or people voting without social security status. That's what I'd call shady. Using the court system to fight what you believe is injustice isn't "offense", it's doing the right thing.
@LichaelMewis
3 жыл бұрын
@Geoff Collins no, his (and the Republicans) plan is simple. Offer freedom vs tyranny, capitalism vs communisim, law and order and security vs anarchy and violence, and offer basically good vs evil. This alone will secure a landslide victory. Also the Marxist commie DemonRats are the ones who will contest the election. Just like they did when Hillary lost, but it will be more intense this time.
At 4:40, re: Judge Curial: “Is he an asshole? Or does he just want me in his court?”
he said.... is he an asshole? Or *DOSE HE just want me in his court room? 99% sure
Make this go viral.
Try re-recording the video with headphones on so we aren't hearing the audio from your computer. Or try editing the actual clips in.
@josephfuller6229
3 жыл бұрын
its not complicated there is software that can key in on and amplify low volumes and if they put the tape on slow mo they could probably tell what he is saying by how his mouth is formed
“to be like him” he doesn’t want anyone like him bc ppl like him can’t stand not to be #1
You could not pay me enough to go to Trump University.
"[indecipherable]" I can decipher exactly what's going on with this youtube video.
Pass this on to the Lincoln Project, they will do something educational with it!
-Indecipherable- Commentator: "Well that audio was very muddled but we can assure you what Trump said here is without a doubt something absolutely vile and racist"
@falkwulf3842
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly, Just BELIEVE what WE think Trump said, not the AUDIO that we cant make out...
Well, kinda didn't lie, he taught them on how to be like him.... A complete scam, thief and a liar. Therefore he's offer was appropriate.
Trump acted like mobster, but has Fredo's judgment from Godfathers.
I'd bet everything I own that Trump couldn't even spell university.
Trump University would teach YOU how to be like HIM. Yecch! 🤮
Too bad this wasn’t leaked when it would have made a goddamned difference.
HOW was he able to put off the trial until after the election? HOWWWW? How is he ALWAYS getting away with shit like this? I dont get it.
Wait! A story about a mediocre businessman being deposed about a bad business he created? If we’re gonna have to watch stories of all his business failures, we’ll be here for years.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Charlie, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
@CharlieTWilbury
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertanderson1541 Oh, always sweetheart!
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
That's nice to hear that and it's nice to meet you, where are you chatting from if you don't mind me asking?
@CharlieTWilbury
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertanderson1541 From my living room chair, how about you?
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
I'm chatting from Norway, Originally from Dublin Ireland but I live in Dallas Texas, I moved there 9 years ago with my wife and daughter... So where are you originally from if you don't mind me asking?
I am truly surprised he hasn't pissed off the wrong person yet.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mary, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
@stevenstair1068
Жыл бұрын
They still make cement shoes
DonTheCon.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Corinne, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Thank you David Corn, for the truth and the facts,God Bless your Success 🙏❤️🙏
I consider myself a critical thinker who is open to being convinced of a point if the proper evidence is presented. This video pushed me to the right. When you come with weak stuff like this, it actually has a negative effect. Think quality, not quantity.
@jkman10
3 жыл бұрын
LOL. You're a self-proclaimed critical thinker who lets his political ideologies be affected by a youtube video with awful audio quality of the president. Get real.
"You can be like me.. a crook!"
More like the secrets to his failures
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tammie, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Why the heck am I just finding this video today is September 21, 2023?😮
it's amazing how confident and aggressive he is even when he's got pretty much nothing. here he is looking as insecure and worried as he should be.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Jane, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
"we teach success....."😂😂😂 More kinda failure....
Totally exhortates Trump. Thanks!
He HAD NO SECRET TO SUCCESS, because HE IS A FAILURE ‼
OMG such a shameful disgrace of law, such a range of criminal activity and seldom any consequences. If this was one of us peons we would have been in jail a long long time ago
I blame our judicial system as much as Trump. He got away with crimes that ought to have put him in deep trouble or possibly jail. How he was allowed to continue the campaign is just mind numbingly sick. And now, 4 years later, he continues to stay out of trouble when the so called Checks and Balances ought to have thrown him out of office.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Andy, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Cool thanks, I'll vote for him twice in November.
"sleazy" if you look up sleazy in the dictionary you will see a picture of Trump.
>thinks the cameras aren't rolling >literally giving a recorded deposition Yeah okay
@AustinButlerYEAH
3 жыл бұрын
As they explain, this was during a break, so they may or may not have understood that it was still recording.
D is for Dunce. D is for Deny. D is for Deranged. D is for 'Don't know that guy'. D is for Disgusting. D is for Dump45 the right grade. 😁
@krissahalter8127
Жыл бұрын
You forgot Duffus and dumbass
@wolfsongmoondancer1428
Жыл бұрын
@@krissahalter8127 Yes, and probably loads more. Stay safe and vote blue! 😋✌🌊
AWESOME!
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Adrienne, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Wow, the Trumpers are triggered.
Someone should do a video with a lip-reader to fill in the gaps...
This is during the primary too.
Criminal thug all his fake life...mafia don
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Alison, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Brilliant! "we can't make out all the words." Just so you know - only the words you want us to hear. It was a failed business in a struggling economy. He went to court and lost, paid the fines, and moved on. If you think about the type of people that would invest in an education from his university in the first place, how could anyone feel bad for them? Suckers
He knew they were recording him!!!
This guy sounds like he’d make a great impersonator 🤫....MOABs coming soon 😂
Only the guilty plead the 5th
So it's a nothing burger. Again. Great, thanks for getting my hopes up for nothing.
@falkwulf3842
3 жыл бұрын
Mother Jones is HOPING that people will just fall back on their hatred for Trump. Nevermind the actual audio just understand that Trump is bad and whatever Mother Jones says IS THE TRUTH... Im done with Mother Jones, they promise a BOMBSHELL yet deliver a DOG TURD...
@surplusdivision2461
3 жыл бұрын
There is one of Biden saying the N-word, I thought that one was cool.
@Ultrajamz
3 жыл бұрын
Frankly at this point im voting trump just for being lied to so much about him
@falkwulf3842
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ultrajamz Exactly, and this is what is scaring the spittle out of the Democrats. It seems to me that the Democrats have been caught in their lies, then hold a focus group and decide the best COA is more lies. There comes a point when you must say to yourself ENOUGH.
@KenpachiPoker
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing burger? What happened to the university?
All he knows how to do is threaten and sue people.
@ronk9830
Жыл бұрын
He's 1000% focused on himself and himself only. Anything that's not to his benefit is rigged or a fraud. That's his obsession. I hope it puts him in an early grave. Soon.
Hey he is a business man! More than Soetoro ever did and will do.
@rogerfuller2182
3 жыл бұрын
Corrupt !
@arautus
3 жыл бұрын
Trump is the kind of business man who filed chapter 11 bankruptcy 6 times. Not too good
@ptinsureagency
3 жыл бұрын
Hey shows he is a fighter. Never gives up.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Cindy, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
In one of the unintelligible parts I heard “20 million”
Good job ++ :-)
Look at all the fools who wasted money on the scam courses and campaign contributions.
It’s like giving a naughty boy gifts and is in charge of his parents.
@Robertodette
3 жыл бұрын
Remember that twilight zone episode where bill mumy played the kid who could think anything into or out of existence? The GOP are the adults from that episode called It's a Good Thing
If I wasn't voting Trump before, I definitely am now!
@erase24paranormal
3 жыл бұрын
Sure troll!
@megaham1552
3 жыл бұрын
Nice bait
@ironmonger27
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 nice try sailor.
@jondeare
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone is voting. Get over it.
@jtbjtb6081
3 жыл бұрын
WELL THEN DIE WITH THE REST OF US BECAUSE FOR SURE HE'S GONNA KILL US ALLLLL.
AMAZING COVERAGE, WOW. TOP NOTCH JOURNALISM. GOSH, THIS IS THE HOTTEST TAKE
@mariesminutes
3 жыл бұрын
+1 for the sarcasm :D
He has shown them how to Grift even Then
Isn’t fraud a crime? Why wasn’t he charged in a criminal case?
His secret to success was to use daddy's money. No secret.
@ronk9830
Жыл бұрын
His other secret to success was saying how successful he was, when in reality, he actually owns nothing. Except for loan payments. Owing billions in loans doesn't make you a billionaire.
Good job mate keep it up
It’s hard to think that this individual managed to snake his way into the White House. Unbelievable !!
Excellent report.
He's so gross.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Karla, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
We need to get this clown out of office
@tT-hw8yu
3 жыл бұрын
I'm from the future: We heard you, we acted, we did it!
Oh no not the BBB, why Trump, WHY?!
Has his lawyer Petrocelli finished building his house yet.
@tonia4934
3 жыл бұрын
Probably never got paid by trump.
@kingdomofanimaria
3 жыл бұрын
Same one for the OJ civil trial
If he didn’t know he was recorded he wouldn’t lower his voice.
Classic Trump...
he had to give the deposition and testify or the judge was going to rule for the plaintiffs. this is what New York needs to do.
This is entertaining and vivid.
In Trump's case - Once you're able to look like an idiot and get away with it, it opens up your potential.
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Beautiful, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
TRUMP 2020 - Make America Great Again BIDEN 2020 - Because poor kid's hair smells just as nice as White kid's hair
I really enjoyed the 7 minutes and 17 seconds of your boring commentary
@Brittjones
3 жыл бұрын
Amen!!!
@robertanderson1541
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Jay, how are you doing over there and I hope my message found you in a good mood 😋?
Can you post the full video?
This is good stuff. More dirty stuff please.
Look at this cornball. HEY SONNY, YOU GOT CORN IN YOUR EARS OVER THERE?
1% found content, 99% spin and narration. This was painful to watch.
Something is wrong with the mentality of Trump supporters.
Everyone who is in his corner are going to jail suckers
He has no line of defense for his self
David korn looks completely different with hair on his face.
Remember tRump's former attorney and his mentor Roy Cohn? One of his famous quotes is: "I don't want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is." That should explain this whole clip and tRump's mindset.
Trump university diplomas in lying😂😂😂😂
This was a complete waster of my time.
@bluntrapture
3 жыл бұрын
And yet THANK YOU for taking a little extra time to post a comment that's a complete 'waster' of MY time.