📙 Excerpt from Michael Cohen’s book “Disloyal, a memoir”:
RE: the lawsuits against the now-defunct Trump University that Trump ended up paying $25 million for in January of 2017.
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George Sorial [EVP & legal counsel, Trump Org] was in charge of dealing w/ the many formal complaints from students & regulators, including negotiations with TX that promised to be resolved with a mutually agreed settlement to cover the most egregious legal violations of Trump U.
📙 Cohen book (cont'd)
"We should be able to close out the entire matter with a settlement of $500,000," George told Trump during a conference in the Boss's office.
"What?" Trump said. "I don't settle. We did nothing wrong.
📙 Cohen book (cont'd)
...We have a ninety-eight percent approval rating from our students. I bet we have a better approval rating than Harvard. No settling. Get them to drop the matter."
[skipping ahead]
📙 Cohen book (cont'd)
As we walked to my office, George was despondent. "The Boss is insane," he said. "I know these people in Texas. They will never drop the inquiry."
End of passage.
$25 million vs. $500,000. Insane. This is our current president, complete with red button.
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