ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general says Donald Trump is making wild accusations, just like others who commit fraud and get caught.
Eric Schneiderman says Trump’s TV interviews Monday calling the attorney general a hack are attempts to distract the public from his fraud case against the tycoon and his Trump University.
Trump held several TV interviews to further contest the lawsuit filed Saturday. It claims the real estate mogul helped run a phony university that promised to make students rich but instead steered them into expensive and mostly useless seminars.
Trump on Monday defended his venture as a booming success for student entrepreneurs and blasted New York’s attorney general, who called it a scam.
“We have a terrific school. It’s done a fantastic job,” Trump told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We have a 98 percent approval rating among students.
“This is a political hack looking to get publicity.”
His attorney, Michael Cohen, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Schneiderman was upset the reality TV star didn’t give him more campaign contributions, which he claims Schneiderman sought even while investigating Trump University. Cohen called it extortion.
