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1973: sued by the DOJ for housing discrimination

Yes, really. Here are the receipts.

What actually happened

In 1973, DOJ sued Trump Management, run by Donald and Fred Trump, for housing discrimination. After fighting and countersuing, Donald Trump settled, signing a consent with strict anti-discrimination rules that DOJ said were violated again in 1978.

The receipts

Donald Trump's Housing Discrimination Case Still Chases Him Decades Later
NPR

The DOJ sued Donald, his father Fred, and Trump Management in 1973; Trump answered with a $100 million countersuit against the government, which a court threw out. What the settlement two years later required them to do...

United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

The actual case file: the 1975 consent decree barred discrimination, banned lying about apartment availability, and ordered both Trumps to personally acquaint themselves with the Fair Housing Act. What the FBI's later-released investigation records show...

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