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Trump: I Won't Settle Trump University Lawsuit

(MSNBC/"Morning Joe")

By    |   Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:10 AM EST

Donald Trump Thursday ruled out settling a pending lawsuit against his namesake real estate school, a saying that he never settles lawsuits, because when you do that, "everybody sues you."

"[My opponents] are spending $100 million on negative phony ads on Trump University, which, by the way, has at 98 percent approval rating by the students that took the course," the GOP presidential front-runner told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program.

"It would be easy for me to settle the case, it's a simple civil case," he continued. "Probably I should, but I don't want to because I give them a great soundbite, but I don't settle cases. I don't get sued because I don't settle cases, I win in court."

He also complained that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who brought the lawsuit that was reinstated earlier this week, is a "political hack" who was "paid a big campaign contribution by the law firm in California . . . that brought this suit.

"And this is only a suit of people wanting to see if they can get their money back. But do you know that almost everybody in the lawsuit has signed a letter saying how great the school was? That's why I won't settle because it's an easy case to win in court."

He explained that the school offered different courses on real estate, and described it as just a small part of his business.

On ABC's "Good Morning America," Trump told George Stephanopoulos that the school got an "A" rating, denying a New York Daily News Report that said it got a "D-minus."

"They gave us a different mark before we gave them information," Trump said. "After they got the information they gave us an "A" so we have an "A."

Sandy Fitzgerald

Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics. 

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Donald Trump Thursday ruled out settling a pending lawsuit against his namesake real estate school, a saying that he never settles lawsuits, because when you do that, "everybody sues you."
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2016-10-03
Thursday, 03 March 2016 10:10 AM
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