“He has boasted about not paying banks that loaned him billions of dollars. He conned thousands of people desperate to learn... paying up to $35,000 to attend {{w|Trump University}}. ...[T]hese professors turned out to be fast-food managers and others with no experience in real estate, the focus of the "university." Because of... law suits Trump paid back $25 million... so the scam would not follow him into the White House.”

American investigative journalist and author

David Cay Boyle Johnston is an American investigative journalist and author, known for his reporting on economics and tax issues. He won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. His work centers on the details of how money and tax policy shape public life, and he has built a reputation for careful reporting in those fields. Johnston is also an author, extending that focus beyond journalism into books and longer-form commentary.