The Crimes of Donald Trump

Episode Notes

1. The 1973 DOJ Lawsuit Against Trump for Housing Discrimination

• United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc. (Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse) https://clearinghouse.net/case/15342

• NPR - Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case

• Politico - FBI releases files on 1970s race discrimination probe into Trump Management https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067

• Washington Post - Trump and the Central Park Five: the racial injustice that won’t die https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/20/trump-and-the-central-park-five-the-racial-injustice-that-wont-die

2. Trump Tower’s Mob-Connected Concrete Supply

• Politico - Just What Were Donald Trump’s Ties to the Mob https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910

• Esquire - Fear City and the Real-Life Mafia Connections to Trump Tower https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33350476/fear-city-new-york-mafia-donald-trump-tower-mob-ties-explained

• New York Times - Trump and the Mob https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/opinion/campaign-stops/donald-trump-and-the-mob.html

• The Guardian - Trump’s connections to the mob go back decades https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/28/donald-trump-mafia-links-construction-new-york

3. Commodore Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Tax Abatement Scheme

• ProPublica - Trump Pushed for a Sweetheart Tax Deal on His First Hotel https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pushed-for-a-sweetheart-tax-deal-on-his-first-hotel-its-cost-new-york-city-410-068-399-and-counting

• NPR - As Trump Built His Real Estate Empire, Tax Breaks Played A Pivotal Role https://www.npr.org/2017/05/18/528998663/as-trump-built-his-real-estate-empire-tax-breaks-played-a-pivotal-role

• New York Times Archive - Trump Sees Big Payoff in Hotel Deal https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/14/archives/trump-sees-big-payoff-in-hotel-deal-trump-sees-big-payoff-in.html

• Wikipedia - Hyatt Grand Central New York (formerly Commodore Hotel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Grand_Central_New_York

4. Trump’s Use of the Alias “John Barron”

• Washington Post - The Amazing Story of Donald Trump's Old Spokesman, John Barron https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself

• New York Times - Trump Posed as Publicist to Brag About Himself https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/us/politics/donald-trump-tape.html

• CNN - Yes, Donald Trump Posed as His Own Spokesperson. Here's the Tape. https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/politics/donald-trump-john-barron-spokesman/index.html

• Wikipedia - Pseudonyms Used by Donald Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_used_by_Donald_Trump

5. Early Financial Misrepresentation and Media Manipulation

• Vanity Fair - The Secret History of Trump’s First Fortune https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/donald-trump-family-history

• The Atlantic - Donald Trump, Real Estate Huckster https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/the-ugly-american/476370

• Fortune - Donald Trump’s Business Failures Were Very Real https://fortune.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-business-failures

6. General Histories and Investigative Journalism on Trump in the 1970s

• The New Yorker - Trump’s Mobbed-Up, McCarthyite Mentor https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trumps-mobbed-up-mccarthyite-mentor

• Mother Jones - 40 Years of Donald Trump’s Lies https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/guide-donald-trump-falsehoods/

• Vox - Donald Trump’s Long History of Racism https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history

• PBS Frontline - The Choice 2016 (documentary and transcript) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-choice-2016

1973 DOJ Lawsuit Against Trump for Housing Discrimination

• Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse – United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc. https://clearinghouse.net/case/15342

• NPR – Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case

• Politico – FBI Releases Files on Trump Apartments' Race Discrimination Probe in '70s https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067

2. Ties to Organized Crime and Use of S&A Concrete

• Politico – Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910

• Esquire – True Story of Donald Trump's Mob Ties in Fear City https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33350476/fear-city-new-york-mafia-donald-trump-tower-mob-ties-explained

• The Washington Post – Trump Swam in Mob-Infested Waters in Early Years as an NYC Developer https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-swam-in-mob-infested-waters-in-early-years-as-an-nyc-developer/2015/10/16/3c75b918-60a3-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html

3. Commodore Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Tax Abatement Scheme

• ProPublica – Trump Pushed for a Sweetheart Tax Deal on His First Hotel https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pushed-for-a-sweetheart-tax-deal-on-his-first-hotel-its-cost-new-york-city-410-068-399-and-counting

• NPR – As Trump Built His Real Estate Empire, Tax Breaks Played A Pivotal Role https://www.npr.org/2017/05/18/528998663/as-trump-built-his-real-estate-empire-tax-breaks-played-a-pivotal-role

• Wikipedia – Hyatt Grand Central New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Grand_Central_New_York

4. Trump's Use of the Alias "John Barron"

• The Washington Post – The Amazing Story of Donald Trump's Old Spokesman, John Barron https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/

• Wikipedia – Pseudonyms Used by Donald Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_used_by_Donald_Trump

• YouTube – Trump's Alter Ego | Choice Moments | FRONTLINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsYKRUE_D5g

5. Early Financial Misrepresentation and Media Manipulation

• Vanity Fair – The Secret History of Trump’s First Fortune https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/donald-trump-family-history

• The Atlantic – Donald Trump, Real Estate Huckster https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/the-ugly-american/476370

• Fortune – Donald Trump’s Business Failures Were Very Real https://fortune.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-business-failures

6. General Histories and Investigative Journalism on Trump in the 1970s

• The New Yorker – Trump's Mobbed-Up, McCarthyite Mentor https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trumps-mobbed-up-mccarthyite-mentor

• Mother Jones – 40 Years of Donald Trump's Lies https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/guide-donald-trump-falsehoods/

• Vox – Donald Trump's Long History of Racism https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history

• PBS Frontline – The Choice 2016 (Documentary and Transcript) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-choice-2016