Only six months ago, in January, Trump was trying to get traction on getting Cruz disqualified from running for president because he was born in Canada. In an interview with the Washington Post, Trump said Cruz’s Canadian birth could be ‘very precarious’ for the GOP.
“Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem,” Trump said…. “It’d be a very precarious one for Republicans because he’d be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision. You don’t want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.”
Trump University is facing not one but two class action suits, one of which may entail Federal RICO charges. Trump may even be forced to testify.
It’s a good bet that these cases will continue for a minimum of two more years; they’ve been going on for at least two years.
In addition, the NY State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, filed a law suit in 2013, for the fraud perpetrated by Trump University. 2013 was long before Trump declared himself a candidate. This had nothing to do with politics; Schneiderman’s a great AG, and really cares about NY’s citizens. In March, a state Court of Appeals panel allowed the suit to go forward. Schneiderman has expressed outrage over Trump’s blatant fraud, and has vowed to go forward with the case. He himself, however, notes that it won’t be finished before election day.
Nor is that the only case that Trump is involved in at this very moment. Only last week, it was announced that Trump filed suit against ex-campaign consultant Sam Nunberg for ten million dollars for breaching a non-disclosure agreement. Guess this is Trump’s unique fund-raising method, since the big-money Republicans aren’t contributing to his campaign.
At any rate, this case, too, is sure to run for months, if not years.
So, Republicans have to ask themselves whether they want to back a candidate who’s running while legal actions , including federal, state and civil suits, are hanging over his head.
Whadya think — disqualifies Trump, no?