Republican Candidates Debate in Cleveland, Ohio

This primary source from The American Presidency Project supports 21 claims across 21 ledger entries.

Publisher: The American Presidency Project
Published: 2015-08-06
Source quality: primary

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The restructuring contradicted the launch's financial-success promise, while the casino continued operating and Trump retained an ownership interest.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Taj Mahal debt restructuring: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The filing was corporate, not personal, and preserved the operating business.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Taj Mahal debt restructuring: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The transfer resolved corporate debt without a personal bankruptcy filing by Trump.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The filing qualifies the claimed benefits of corporate bankruptcy because creditors absorbed revised terms even as operations continued.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Plaza casino debt restructuring: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The filing contradicts an unqualified business-success account, but the corporate restructuring preserved casino operations and was not Trump's personal bankruptcy.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump's Castle debt restructuring: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The filing was by a corporate casino entity and did not constitute Trump's personal bankruptcy.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump's Castle debt restructuring: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The creditor takeover contradicts the original airline-success pitch, while the transaction avoided a personal bankruptcy filing.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Shuttle creditor takeover: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The restructuring contradicts an unqualified success narrative for the leveraged purchase, though the hotel continued operating and Trump retained an interest.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Plaza Hotel debt restructuring: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The filing did not close the hotel and did not constitute Trump's personal bankruptcy.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Plaza Hotel debt restructuring: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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The filing documents personal compensation from the public company while shareholders and creditors bore the company's operating risk; it does not establish that the compensation violated law.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump compensation during casino expansion: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The agreement transferred substantial control to creditors while preserving compensation and a continuing role for Trump.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Casino-company restructuring agreement: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The filing contradicts the company's growth and performance promise, while supporting Trump's narrower claim that corporate bankruptcy can preserve operations and a continuing role.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts bankruptcy: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The restructuring preserved an income stream and public role for Trump even after existing investors and creditors absorbed the reorganization's consequences.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Post-bankruptcy Trump services agreement: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Casino-company restructuring agreement: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Plaza Hotel debt restructuring: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Post-bankruptcy Trump services agreement: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Taj Mahal debt restructuring: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts bankruptcy: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump Plaza casino debt restructuring: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump compensation during casino expansion: Promised · Promised
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Trump said corporate bankruptcy law had produced advantageous outcomes for his companies, himself, employees, and family.
Exchange about Trump-controlled companies' bankruptcy filings
Trump's Castle debt restructuring: Promised · Promised