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Trump University $25 Million Deal Heads Off Fraud Trial

Case against president-elect was set for trial in 10 days
Schneiderman calls deal major victory for 6,000 victims

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on Nov. 3, 2016, in Selma, North Carolina. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on Nov. 3, 2016, in Selma, North Carolina.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Edvard Pettersson, and

November 18, 2016, 9:17 PM UTCUpdated onNovember 19, 2016, 1:48 AM UTC

President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that his defunct Trump University cheated more than 6,000 students with false promises of teaching them his real estate secrets.

The accord, announced Friday minutes before the start of a court hearing in San Diego, resolves two class-action lawsuits in California by former students, as well as a fraud case filed in 2013 by New York’s attorney general.