November 6, 2016

The Trump Files: Donald Thinks Asbestos Fears Are a Mob Conspiracy

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/the-trump-files-asbestos-mob-conspiracy
"This isn't the first time Trump has been linked to unsafe work conditions and crooked contractors. Polish construction workers who worked on the construction of Trump Tower sued Trump, with some telling the New York Times that "they often worked in choking clouds of asbestos dust without protective equipment." The contracting company used by Trump hired the Poles—undocumented immigrants who were working off the books—at only $4- to $5-an-hour, dramatically less than the wages of union members working on the same site. Some of the workers charged they were paid even less. The case was settled in 1999, but the terms are sealed. But Trump did know something about the mob. A recent story in Politico laid out Trump's long-standing and unusually close ties to mob-linked figures, including his lawyer Roy Cohn and the concrete company he used to build Trump Tower. "No other candidate for the White House this year has anything close to Trump's record of repeated social and business dealings with mobsters, swindlers, and other crooks," wrote investigative reporter David Cay Johnston."