Over 400 pages have been released to the public concerning to the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s lawsuit against Trump Management Company in 1973.
These pages are alleging racial discrimination in the housing sector of the business.
The lawsuit was settled with no need to admit any wrongdoing from Trump’s company but much of what is contained in the papers is very unsettling!
The Grio highlighted one important bit from a doorman at a Trump property who said:
“While employed in this capacity I was supervised by an individual known to me as [redacted] who was employed by Trump Management Corporation as superintendent at 265037 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York,”
“[Redacted] told me that if a black person came to 265037 Ocean Parkway and inquired about an apartment for rent, and he, that is, [redacted] was not there at the time, that I should tell him that the rent was twice as much as it really was, in order that he could not afford the apartment.”
Thanks to The Grio for bringing this to our attention and to get deep into this mess read the Washington Post’s investigative piece “Inside the government’s racial bias case against Donald Trump’s company, and how he fought it,”.
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