Judge blocks release of Trump's video testimony
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge who has been a target of Donald Trump's repeated scorn on Tuesday denied a media request to release videos of the Republican presidential candidate testifying in a lawsuit about the now-defunct Trump University — images that Trump's attorneys had argued would have been used to tarnish the campaign.
"The near certainty that the video depositions would be used for political purposes — having nothing to do with the merits of this litigation — only underscores the court's duty to prevent misuse of these judicial proceedings," Trump's attorneys wrote.
Trump's tone, facial expressions, gestures and body language show "complete and utter unfamiliarity" with Trump University's instructors and instruction, despite the business mogul's previous statements that he was extensively involved, the attorneys wrote.
Later, he said the Indiana-born judge's Mexican heritage and membership in a Latino lawyers association posed a conflict with Trump's positions on illegal immigration and promise to build a wall on the Mexican border.