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Red states and MAGA Republicans are embracing Ku Klux Klan activities
Reportedly, If Trump Gets Back Into The White House, He Will Force Government Workers To Sign A Loyalty Oath To Trump, Which May Be Reminiscent To A Loyalty Oath Of The Ku Klux Klan.
Red states and MAGA Republicans are embracing Ku Klux Klan activities
By Lynda Carson - August 25, 2024
In recent days, the U.S. Supreme Court suddenly granted the State of Arizona the right to demand that some voters in Arizona must have proof of citizenship to vote in next November’s up coming election. This is a clear attack on the voting rights of Latinos who want to vote in November, in addition to blacks who want to vote, and others who may have been bumped off of the voter rolls without knowing about it. Additionally, through the years many blacks have not been born in hospitals, and may not have received a birth certificate when they were born.
Reportedly, “Arizona, which is expected to be one of the most competitive states in the coming election, has been a flashpoint in the battle over voting laws. It is the only state that requires voters to provide a birth certificate, a passport or one of a handful of other documents proving their citizenship.”
Right-wing extremist MAGA Republicans have been embracing Ku Klux Klan (KKK) activities and beliefs by attacking the voting rights of blacks, Latinos, and others by making it harder for them to vote. Additionally, they have been accusing liberals and Democrat politicians of being communists, in addition to banning books across the nation, attacking a women’s right to choose, terrorizing poll workers, having armed militia members stalk voting locations, accusing others of not being human, in addition to many other KKK beliefs and activities.
Trump is supported by the Ku Klux Klan, and other fascist groups.
Reportedly, if Trump gets back into the White House, he will force government workers to sign a loyalty oath to Trump, which may be reminiscent to a loyalty oath of the Ku Klux Klan.
Court Case: United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
In a case called the United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a.k.a. Civ. A. No. 1573, a case involving the Ku Klux Klan during and before 1965, it is a clear reflection of what has been happening in our country recently.
The court documents begin by stating, “The United States of America asks for an injunction to protect Negro citizens in Washington Parish, Louisiana, seeking to assert their civil rights. The defendants are the "Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan", an unincorporated association, the "Anti-Communist Christian Association," a Louisiana corporation, and certain individual klansmen, most of whom come from in and around Bogalusa, Louisiana.”
Additionally, according to court documents, “The defendants admit most of the allegations of the complaint. Their legal position is that a private organization and private persons are beyond the reach of the civil rights acts authorizing the Attorney General to sue for an injunction. There is no merit to this contention.
Seeking refuge in silence and secrecy, the defendants object to the admission of any evidence as to klan activities. We hold, however, that what the klan is and what the klan does bear significantly on the material issues and on the appropriate relief.
In deciding to grant the injunction prayed for, we rest our conclusions on the finding of fact that, within the meaning of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, the defendants have adopted a pattern and practice of intimidating, threatening, and coercing Negro citizens in Washington Parish for the purpose of interfering with the civil rights of the Negro citizens. The compulsion within the klan to engage in this unlawful conduct is inherent in the nature of the klan. This is its ineradicable evil.
We find that to attain its ends, the klan exploits the forces of hate, prejudice, and ignorance. We find that the klan relies on systematic economic coercion, varieties of intimidation, and physical violence in attempting to frustrate the national policy expressed in civil rights legislation. We find that the klansmen, whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a sham organization, "The Anti-Communist Christian Association", or brazenly resorting to violence on the open streets of Bogalusa, are a "fearful conspiracy against society * * * [holding] men silent by the terror of [their acts] and [their] power for evil”.”
Imagine that! The above statements in the court documents are as pertinent now, as they were 60 years ago. It does not take much of an imagination to visualize the twice impeached, 34 count felon, election denier former president Donald J. Trump, and his MAGA Republican myrmidons, and the right-wing extremist U.S. Supreme Court members all dressed up in white robes, and hoods.
Trump and MAGA Republicans have been accusing Democrats of being communists, just like the KKK did 60 years ago.
It appears that the Ku Klux Klan is alive and well in the activities and beliefs of Trump, and the MAGA Republicans who are involved in the suppression of voting rights, the attack on a woman’s right to choose, accusing Democrats of being communists, and the banning of books, and other white supremacist, neo-Nazi, nefarious activities.
That’s right, as Trump, and the MAGA Republicans continue to embrace the tyranny of KKK beliefs and activities all across the nation “whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a fascist organization.” As a normal part of their activities, they continue to threaten voters all across the nation with violence and dictatorship.
Click on the link to Project 2025 here https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/08/13/18868683.php , for more.
In addition to the very real threats that the 34 count felon, Donald J. Trump has been making, reportedly he will deny losing the next election, even if he loses to Kamala Harris. These MAGA Republican fascists and their would-be-dictator have the extreme right-wing members of the U.S. Supreme Court standing by in their pocket to assist them in their conquest of world domination, if necessary.
Some MAGA Republican Actions That Reflect The Activities And Beliefs Of The KKK:
Reportedly, “Republicans Hatched a Secret Assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington State,” according to ProPublica.
Additionally, efforts to make voting laws more restrictive that are a reflection of KKK activities of the past or present, according to Wikipedia, “Following the 2020 United States presidential election and the unsuccessful attempts by Donald Trump and various other Republican officials to overturn it, Republican lawmakers initiated a sweeping effort to make voting laws more restrictive within several states across the country. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, as of October 4, 2021, more than 425 bills that would restrict voting access have been introduced in 49 states—with 33 of these bills enacted across 19 states so far. The bills are largely centered around limiting mail-in voting, strengthening voter ID laws, shortening early voting, eliminating automatic and same-day voter registration, curbing the use of ballot drop boxes, and allowing for increased purging of voter rolls. Republicans in at least eight states have also introduced bills that would give lawmakers greater power over election administration after they were unsuccessful in their attempts to overturn election results in swing states won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The efforts garnered press attention and public outrage from Democrats, and by 2023 Republicans had adopted a more "under the radar" approach to achieve their goals.”
Another reflection of KKK activities and beliefs attacking our voting rights, reportedly on July 8, 2024, “With the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) procedural presidential nominating convention just around the corner, the platform committee adopted the party’s official agenda for the 2024 election. Though the GOP’s new platform appears to soften its dangerous and divisive stance on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, Trump and the Republican party are doubling down on their anti-voting agenda and assault on U.S. elections.
“Republicans will offer a clear, precise, and USA oriented plan to stop the Radical Left Democrats’ Weaponization of Government and its Assault on American Liberty,” said a draft of the GOP’s new platform, which passed “with overwhelming support” in a committee meeting on Monday morning. “We will restore Government of, by, and for the People, ensuring Accountability, protecting Individual Liberties, and fixing our once very corrupt Elections.”
Making matters much worse with their KKK like activities and beliefs by MAGA Republicans, reportedly “Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work.” Reportedly, “Florida is one of several states, including Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where Republicans have enacted voting restrictions since 2021 that created or enhanced criminal penalties and fines for those who assist voters. The laws have forced some voter outreach groups to cease operations, while others have greatly altered or reduced their activities.”
In contrast, according to documents in the case, “United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,” in part it states, “Part III of the Administration's bill, as originally proposed, would have authorized the Attorney General to file suit against any person who deprived or was about to deprive any citizen of any civil right. The compromise that became the Civil Rights Act of 1957 limits civil actions to protection of voting rights in special, general, or primary elections where federal officers are elected.”
“Before the 1957 Act, Section 1971 (now 1971(a)) was enforced either by an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985(3) or by a criminal action under 18 U.S.C. § 241, 242. The 1957 Act adds four subsections to Section 1971, including:
"(b) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.
"(c) Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice which would deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by subsection (a) or (b), the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, a civil action or other proper proceeding for preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order. In any proceeding hereunder the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person."
It appears that by attacking those who assist the voters who are seeking assistance, the MAGA Republicans are clearly interfering with the rights of voters who need, or want assistance to vote, just like the KKK did.
Indeed, “whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a fascist white supremacist, and neo-Nazi organizations supporting Trump,” it appears that MAGA Republicans are clearly acting on behalf of the interests of the Ku Klux Klan and other fascist extreme far right-wing groups, neo-Nazi', white supremacists, and their members, to interfere with the rights of voters seeking assistance.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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By Lynda Carson - August 25, 2024
In recent days, the U.S. Supreme Court suddenly granted the State of Arizona the right to demand that some voters in Arizona must have proof of citizenship to vote in next November’s up coming election. This is a clear attack on the voting rights of Latinos who want to vote in November, in addition to blacks who want to vote, and others who may have been bumped off of the voter rolls without knowing about it. Additionally, through the years many blacks have not been born in hospitals, and may not have received a birth certificate when they were born.
Reportedly, “Arizona, which is expected to be one of the most competitive states in the coming election, has been a flashpoint in the battle over voting laws. It is the only state that requires voters to provide a birth certificate, a passport or one of a handful of other documents proving their citizenship.”
Right-wing extremist MAGA Republicans have been embracing Ku Klux Klan (KKK) activities and beliefs by attacking the voting rights of blacks, Latinos, and others by making it harder for them to vote. Additionally, they have been accusing liberals and Democrat politicians of being communists, in addition to banning books across the nation, attacking a women’s right to choose, terrorizing poll workers, having armed militia members stalk voting locations, accusing others of not being human, in addition to many other KKK beliefs and activities.
Trump is supported by the Ku Klux Klan, and other fascist groups.
Reportedly, if Trump gets back into the White House, he will force government workers to sign a loyalty oath to Trump, which may be reminiscent to a loyalty oath of the Ku Klux Klan.
Court Case: United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
In a case called the United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a.k.a. Civ. A. No. 1573, a case involving the Ku Klux Klan during and before 1965, it is a clear reflection of what has been happening in our country recently.
The court documents begin by stating, “The United States of America asks for an injunction to protect Negro citizens in Washington Parish, Louisiana, seeking to assert their civil rights. The defendants are the "Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan", an unincorporated association, the "Anti-Communist Christian Association," a Louisiana corporation, and certain individual klansmen, most of whom come from in and around Bogalusa, Louisiana.”
Additionally, according to court documents, “The defendants admit most of the allegations of the complaint. Their legal position is that a private organization and private persons are beyond the reach of the civil rights acts authorizing the Attorney General to sue for an injunction. There is no merit to this contention.
Seeking refuge in silence and secrecy, the defendants object to the admission of any evidence as to klan activities. We hold, however, that what the klan is and what the klan does bear significantly on the material issues and on the appropriate relief.
In deciding to grant the injunction prayed for, we rest our conclusions on the finding of fact that, within the meaning of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, the defendants have adopted a pattern and practice of intimidating, threatening, and coercing Negro citizens in Washington Parish for the purpose of interfering with the civil rights of the Negro citizens. The compulsion within the klan to engage in this unlawful conduct is inherent in the nature of the klan. This is its ineradicable evil.
We find that to attain its ends, the klan exploits the forces of hate, prejudice, and ignorance. We find that the klan relies on systematic economic coercion, varieties of intimidation, and physical violence in attempting to frustrate the national policy expressed in civil rights legislation. We find that the klansmen, whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a sham organization, "The Anti-Communist Christian Association", or brazenly resorting to violence on the open streets of Bogalusa, are a "fearful conspiracy against society * * * [holding] men silent by the terror of [their acts] and [their] power for evil”.”
Imagine that! The above statements in the court documents are as pertinent now, as they were 60 years ago. It does not take much of an imagination to visualize the twice impeached, 34 count felon, election denier former president Donald J. Trump, and his MAGA Republican myrmidons, and the right-wing extremist U.S. Supreme Court members all dressed up in white robes, and hoods.
Trump and MAGA Republicans have been accusing Democrats of being communists, just like the KKK did 60 years ago.
It appears that the Ku Klux Klan is alive and well in the activities and beliefs of Trump, and the MAGA Republicans who are involved in the suppression of voting rights, the attack on a woman’s right to choose, accusing Democrats of being communists, and the banning of books, and other white supremacist, neo-Nazi, nefarious activities.
That’s right, as Trump, and the MAGA Republicans continue to embrace the tyranny of KKK beliefs and activities all across the nation “whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a fascist organization.” As a normal part of their activities, they continue to threaten voters all across the nation with violence and dictatorship.
Click on the link to Project 2025 here https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/08/13/18868683.php , for more.
In addition to the very real threats that the 34 count felon, Donald J. Trump has been making, reportedly he will deny losing the next election, even if he loses to Kamala Harris. These MAGA Republican fascists and their would-be-dictator have the extreme right-wing members of the U.S. Supreme Court standing by in their pocket to assist them in their conquest of world domination, if necessary.
Some MAGA Republican Actions That Reflect The Activities And Beliefs Of The KKK:
Reportedly, “Republicans Hatched a Secret Assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington State,” according to ProPublica.
Additionally, efforts to make voting laws more restrictive that are a reflection of KKK activities of the past or present, according to Wikipedia, “Following the 2020 United States presidential election and the unsuccessful attempts by Donald Trump and various other Republican officials to overturn it, Republican lawmakers initiated a sweeping effort to make voting laws more restrictive within several states across the country. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, as of October 4, 2021, more than 425 bills that would restrict voting access have been introduced in 49 states—with 33 of these bills enacted across 19 states so far. The bills are largely centered around limiting mail-in voting, strengthening voter ID laws, shortening early voting, eliminating automatic and same-day voter registration, curbing the use of ballot drop boxes, and allowing for increased purging of voter rolls. Republicans in at least eight states have also introduced bills that would give lawmakers greater power over election administration after they were unsuccessful in their attempts to overturn election results in swing states won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The efforts garnered press attention and public outrage from Democrats, and by 2023 Republicans had adopted a more "under the radar" approach to achieve their goals.”
Another reflection of KKK activities and beliefs attacking our voting rights, reportedly on July 8, 2024, “With the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) procedural presidential nominating convention just around the corner, the platform committee adopted the party’s official agenda for the 2024 election. Though the GOP’s new platform appears to soften its dangerous and divisive stance on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, Trump and the Republican party are doubling down on their anti-voting agenda and assault on U.S. elections.
“Republicans will offer a clear, precise, and USA oriented plan to stop the Radical Left Democrats’ Weaponization of Government and its Assault on American Liberty,” said a draft of the GOP’s new platform, which passed “with overwhelming support” in a committee meeting on Monday morning. “We will restore Government of, by, and for the People, ensuring Accountability, protecting Individual Liberties, and fixing our once very corrupt Elections.”
Making matters much worse with their KKK like activities and beliefs by MAGA Republicans, reportedly “Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work.” Reportedly, “Florida is one of several states, including Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where Republicans have enacted voting restrictions since 2021 that created or enhanced criminal penalties and fines for those who assist voters. The laws have forced some voter outreach groups to cease operations, while others have greatly altered or reduced their activities.”
In contrast, according to documents in the case, “United States v. Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,” in part it states, “Part III of the Administration's bill, as originally proposed, would have authorized the Attorney General to file suit against any person who deprived or was about to deprive any citizen of any civil right. The compromise that became the Civil Rights Act of 1957 limits civil actions to protection of voting rights in special, general, or primary elections where federal officers are elected.”
“Before the 1957 Act, Section 1971 (now 1971(a)) was enforced either by an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985(3) or by a criminal action under 18 U.S.C. § 241, 242. The 1957 Act adds four subsections to Section 1971, including:
"(b) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.
"(c) Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice which would deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by subsection (a) or (b), the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, a civil action or other proper proceeding for preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order. In any proceeding hereunder the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person."
It appears that by attacking those who assist the voters who are seeking assistance, the MAGA Republicans are clearly interfering with the rights of voters who need, or want assistance to vote, just like the KKK did.
Indeed, “whether cloaked and hooded as members of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or skulking in anonymity as members of a fascist white supremacist, and neo-Nazi organizations supporting Trump,” it appears that MAGA Republicans are clearly acting on behalf of the interests of the Ku Klux Klan and other fascist extreme far right-wing groups, neo-Nazi', white supremacists, and their members, to interfere with the rights of voters seeking assistance.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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KKK link? Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fred Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management
By Lynda Carson
Reportedly, Fred Trump, the father of convicted felon Donald J. Trump, may have been a member of the infamous white power group, the Ku Klux Klan.
Reportedly, "The claim may refer to an incident in 1927 when Trump's father was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens. The incident was picked up by news site Boing Boing in 2015. It cited a New York Times article from June 1927 saying that Fred Trump was named among seven men who were arraigned following a "free-for-all" between "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen."
The article states that "Fred Trump of 175-24 Devonshire Road, Jamaica, was discharged." A follow-up article by The Washington Post noted this address matched records from the 1930 census.
Further investigation by Vice in 2016 cited an article in the Long Island Daily Press, a clipping from which is no longer cited on Vice's site, that allegedly said all of the arrestees were "berobed marchers."
Additionally, reportedly, "In October 1973, the Justice Department filed a civil rights case that accused the Trump firm, whose complexes contained 14,000 apartments, of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968." (1:73-01529 Docket - US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.)
See case summary below...
Lynda Carson
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Case Summary and Lawsuit against Trumps:
Click below...
https://clearinghouse.net/case/15342/
Case: United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.
1:73-01529 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Filed Date: Oct. 15, 1973
Closed Date: June 10, 1977
Clearinghouse coding complete
This case was brought against Fred and Donald Trump, and their real estate company, in 1973 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
In October 1973, the Justice Department filed this civil rights case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (federal court in Brooklyn) against Fred Trump, Donald Trump, and their real estate company. The complaint alleged that the firm had committed systemic violations of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 in their many complexes--39 buildings, between them containing over 14,000 apartments. The allegations included evidence from black and white "testers" who had sought to rent apartments; the white testers were told of vacancies; the black testers were not, or were steered to apartment complexes with a higher proportion of racial minorities. The complaint also alleged that Trump employees had placed codes next to housing applicant names to indicate if they were black.
The Trumps retained Roy Cohn, former aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy, to defend them; they counter-claimed against the government, seeking $100 million in damages for defamation.
The case was assigned to District Judge Edward R. Neaher. He dismissed the counterclaim and allowed the Fair Housing Act suit to proceed.
After two years, the matter settled with a consent decree, signed June 10, 1975. It included the ordinary disclaimer of liability (the settlement was “in no way an admission” of a violation), but prohibited the Trumps from "discriminating against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling." In addition to a general injunction against discrimination, the decree prohibits specific discriminatory practices, such as lying about the availability of apartments or interfering with individuals' enjoyment of their housing rights through threats or coercion. Fred and Donald Trump were ordered to "thoroughly acquaint themselves personally on a detailed basis" with the Fair Housing Act. The agreement also required the Trumps to place ads informing minorities they had an equal opportunity to seek housing at their properties. According to a contemporary article in the New York Times, Trump Management was required to furnish the New York Urban League with a weekly list of all apartment vacancies, for two years; the League would get three days to provide qualified applicants for every fifth vacancy in Trump buildings where fewer than 10 percent of the tenants were black.
The Justice Department called the decree “one of the most far-reaching ever negotiated.” Newspaper headlines echoed that assessment. The New York Amsterdam News, for example, titled its article “Minorities win housing suit,” and told readers that “qualified Blacks and Puerto Ricans now have the opportunity to rent apartments owned by Trump Management.”
In his autobiography, Donald Trump took a different view: “In the end the government couldn’t prove its case, and we ended up making a minor settlement without admitting any guilt.”
For more information, see Michael Kranish and Robert O'Harrow Jr. Inside the government’s racial bias case against Donald Trump’s company, and how he fought it (Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2016).
In 2017, the FBI released records of its investigation into the Trumps and their real estate company in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents included many pages of interviews with the company's then-current and former employees, interviews with residents of Trump properties, and people who had applied to Trump properties. The majority of interviewees were not aware of any discrimination occurring, but several contributed to the conclusion that the company was discriminating on the basis of race.
One interviewee, a black prospective tenant, noted that, in person, a leasing manager showed her several available apartments but later called her to tell her that she could not have an apartment in that complex "as they discriminated against blacks." He then asked her not to make any trouble as he needed the job.
Another interviewee, an employee of the company for two weeks, indicated that in his time at the company he fielded an inquiry from a black applicant who he judged to be an acceptable tenant but was told by another individual at the company that "they're blacks and that's that." He also indicated that he believed others working at the rental office used a code on the top of the front page of rental applications to "distinguish blacks from whites."
Also in the documents were records from the New York State Division of Human Rights and the NYC Human Rights Commission complaints and hearings about discrimination at Trump properties. The complaints were mooted when the company offered the complaining parties apartments in their properties. A 1968 hearing of the NYC Human Rights Commission, however, found that discrimination had occurred at a Trump property. The commission ordered the company to cease and desist from their discriminatory practices, pay damages to the complainant, and inform a fair housing organization whenever apartments at the property became available.
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For more information regarding the above mentioned lawsuit: See the FBI Vault release of 400 pages regarding the activities of the Trump Management Company.
Click on links below...
https://vault.fbi.gov/trump-management-company
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067
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By Lynda Carson
Reportedly, Fred Trump, the father of convicted felon Donald J. Trump, may have been a member of the infamous white power group, the Ku Klux Klan.
Reportedly, "The claim may refer to an incident in 1927 when Trump's father was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens. The incident was picked up by news site Boing Boing in 2015. It cited a New York Times article from June 1927 saying that Fred Trump was named among seven men who were arraigned following a "free-for-all" between "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen."
The article states that "Fred Trump of 175-24 Devonshire Road, Jamaica, was discharged." A follow-up article by The Washington Post noted this address matched records from the 1930 census.
Further investigation by Vice in 2016 cited an article in the Long Island Daily Press, a clipping from which is no longer cited on Vice's site, that allegedly said all of the arrestees were "berobed marchers."
Additionally, reportedly, "In October 1973, the Justice Department filed a civil rights case that accused the Trump firm, whose complexes contained 14,000 apartments, of violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968." (1:73-01529 Docket - US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.)
See case summary below...
Lynda Carson
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Case Summary and Lawsuit against Trumps:
Click below...
https://clearinghouse.net/case/15342/
Case: United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.
1:73-01529 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Filed Date: Oct. 15, 1973
Closed Date: June 10, 1977
Clearinghouse coding complete
This case was brought against Fred and Donald Trump, and their real estate company, in 1973 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
In October 1973, the Justice Department filed this civil rights case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (federal court in Brooklyn) against Fred Trump, Donald Trump, and their real estate company. The complaint alleged that the firm had committed systemic violations of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 in their many complexes--39 buildings, between them containing over 14,000 apartments. The allegations included evidence from black and white "testers" who had sought to rent apartments; the white testers were told of vacancies; the black testers were not, or were steered to apartment complexes with a higher proportion of racial minorities. The complaint also alleged that Trump employees had placed codes next to housing applicant names to indicate if they were black.
The Trumps retained Roy Cohn, former aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy, to defend them; they counter-claimed against the government, seeking $100 million in damages for defamation.
The case was assigned to District Judge Edward R. Neaher. He dismissed the counterclaim and allowed the Fair Housing Act suit to proceed.
After two years, the matter settled with a consent decree, signed June 10, 1975. It included the ordinary disclaimer of liability (the settlement was “in no way an admission” of a violation), but prohibited the Trumps from "discriminating against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling." In addition to a general injunction against discrimination, the decree prohibits specific discriminatory practices, such as lying about the availability of apartments or interfering with individuals' enjoyment of their housing rights through threats or coercion. Fred and Donald Trump were ordered to "thoroughly acquaint themselves personally on a detailed basis" with the Fair Housing Act. The agreement also required the Trumps to place ads informing minorities they had an equal opportunity to seek housing at their properties. According to a contemporary article in the New York Times, Trump Management was required to furnish the New York Urban League with a weekly list of all apartment vacancies, for two years; the League would get three days to provide qualified applicants for every fifth vacancy in Trump buildings where fewer than 10 percent of the tenants were black.
The Justice Department called the decree “one of the most far-reaching ever negotiated.” Newspaper headlines echoed that assessment. The New York Amsterdam News, for example, titled its article “Minorities win housing suit,” and told readers that “qualified Blacks and Puerto Ricans now have the opportunity to rent apartments owned by Trump Management.”
In his autobiography, Donald Trump took a different view: “In the end the government couldn’t prove its case, and we ended up making a minor settlement without admitting any guilt.”
For more information, see Michael Kranish and Robert O'Harrow Jr. Inside the government’s racial bias case against Donald Trump’s company, and how he fought it (Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2016).
In 2017, the FBI released records of its investigation into the Trumps and their real estate company in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents included many pages of interviews with the company's then-current and former employees, interviews with residents of Trump properties, and people who had applied to Trump properties. The majority of interviewees were not aware of any discrimination occurring, but several contributed to the conclusion that the company was discriminating on the basis of race.
One interviewee, a black prospective tenant, noted that, in person, a leasing manager showed her several available apartments but later called her to tell her that she could not have an apartment in that complex "as they discriminated against blacks." He then asked her not to make any trouble as he needed the job.
Another interviewee, an employee of the company for two weeks, indicated that in his time at the company he fielded an inquiry from a black applicant who he judged to be an acceptable tenant but was told by another individual at the company that "they're blacks and that's that." He also indicated that he believed others working at the rental office used a code on the top of the front page of rental applications to "distinguish blacks from whites."
Also in the documents were records from the New York State Division of Human Rights and the NYC Human Rights Commission complaints and hearings about discrimination at Trump properties. The complaints were mooted when the company offered the complaining parties apartments in their properties. A 1968 hearing of the NYC Human Rights Commission, however, found that discrimination had occurred at a Trump property. The commission ordered the company to cease and desist from their discriminatory practices, pay damages to the complainant, and inform a fair housing organization whenever apartments at the property became available.
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For more information regarding the above mentioned lawsuit: See the FBI Vault release of 400 pages regarding the activities of the Trump Management Company.
Click on links below...
https://vault.fbi.gov/trump-management-company
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067
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