The Trumps Ask Judge to Throw Out Suit Alleging Fraudulent Seminars
- Plaintiffs allege marketing fraud, seek class-action status
- Trump family says it had no connection to the alleged fraud
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U.S. President Donald Trump, his company and three of his children asked a judge to throw out a racketeering suit claiming they scammed thousands of people into spending money on fraudulent, multilevel marketing ventures and a dubious live-seminar program that promised to teach Trump’s “secrets to success” in real estate.
Four plaintiffs sued the Trumps in October. They asked U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan to allow them to remain anonymous in the suit because of the president’s habit of targeting his enemies on Twitter. Schofield said they could proceed under pseudonyms -- Jane Doe, Luke Loe, Richard Roe and Mary Moe -- at least until she rules on the motion to dismiss.