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FBI releases files on Trump apartments' race discrimination probe in '70s
The records, posted on the FBI's Freedom of Information Act website (https://vault.fbi.gov/trump-man... include a 1974 interview with a former doorman at a Trump building in Brooklyn.
A supervisor "told me that if a black person came to 2650 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," the ex-doorman said.
The Trumps and their company entered into a consent decree settling the litigation in 1975. The agreement contained no admission of wrongdoing, but required the Trump firm to institute a series of safeguards to make sure apartments were rented without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
- I met a Mexican guy a few weeks ago who's father used to work for trump. Trump wasn't his direct boss by any stretch but knew his name, exactly what he did...********
- .. and always asked how he was. The guy said his father was shocked at how kind and personable Trump always was to everyone.********
- The smear campaign is starting to become a bit of a joke.********
- Well that settles it then!whatthefunk
- I'm just giving another side to the story. They're both hearsay...********
- lol, nobody accused Trump of going around being overtly racist to his employee's faces ... just that his family engaged in racist housing schemesmonospaced
- Yes yes, I know, who said otherwise? Thank you once again mono for weighing in with an utterly superfluous comment.********
- I'm not fighting. You said you were providing another side to the story. But there isn't a side that said Trump was mean to mexican employees. Chill out!monospaced
- I'm agreeing with you, ffs. Trump is probably a really nice guy, and most people say that. He's also notorious for some shady business over the decades. Peace.monospaced
- I simply felt that your story, while nice and fuzzy, was actually quite superfluous considering it wasn't actually related to the questionablehousing practices.monospaced
- I met a Mexican guy a few weeks ago who's father used to work for trump. Trump wasn't his direct boss by any stretch but knew his name, exactly what he did...