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Episode Notes

1. The 1973 DOJ Lawsuit Against Trump for Housing Discrimination

2. Trump Tower’s Mob-Connected Concrete Supply

3. Commodore Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Tax Abatement Scheme

4. Trump’s Use of the Alias “John Barron”

5. Early Financial Misrepresentation and Media Manipulation

6. General Histories and Investigative Journalism on Trump in the 1970s

1973 DOJ Lawsuit Against Trump for Housing Discrimination

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse – United States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.
https://clearinghouse.net/case/15342
NPR – Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case
Politico – FBI Releases Files on Trump Apartments' Race Discrimination Probe in '70s
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/trump-fbi-files-discrimination-case-235067

2. Ties to Organized Crime and Use of S&A Concrete

Politico – Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob?
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910
Esquire – True Story of Donald Trump's Mob Ties in Fear City
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33350476/fear-city-new-york-mafia-donald-trump-tower-mob-ties-explained
The Washington Post – Trump Swam in Mob-Infested Waters in Early Years as an NYC Developer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-swam-in-mob-infested-waters-in-early-years-as-an-nyc-developer/2015/10/16/3c75b918-60a3-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html

3. Commodore Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Tax Abatement Scheme

ProPublica – Trump Pushed for a Sweetheart Tax Deal on His First Hotel
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pushed-for-a-sweetheart-tax-deal-on-his-first-hotel-its-cost-new-york-city-410-068-399-and-counting
NPR – As Trump Built His Real Estate Empire, Tax Breaks Played A Pivotal Role
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/18/528998663/as-trump-built-his-real-estate-empire-tax-breaks-played-a-pivotal-role
Wikipedia – Hyatt Grand Central New York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Grand_Central_New_York

4. Trump's Use of the Alias "John Barron"

The Washington Post – The Amazing Story of Donald Trump's Old Spokesman, John Barron
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself/
Wikipedia – Pseudonyms Used by Donald Trump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_used_by_Donald_Trump
YouTube – Trump's Alter Ego | Choice Moments | FRONTLINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsYKRUE_D5g

5. Early Financial Misrepresentation and Media Manipulation

Vanity Fair – The Secret History of Trump’s First Fortune
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/donald-trump-family-history
The Atlantic – Donald Trump, Real Estate Huckster
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/the-ugly-american/476370
Fortune – Donald Trump’s Business Failures Were Very Real
https://fortune.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-business-failures

6. General Histories and Investigative Journalism on Trump in the 1970s

The New Yorker – Trump's Mobbed-Up, McCarthyite Mentor
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trumps-mobbed-up-mccarthyite-mentor
Mother Jones – 40 Years of Donald Trump's Lies
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/guide-donald-trump-falsehoods/
Vox – Donald Trump's Long History of Racism
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history
PBS Frontline – The Choice 2016 (Documentary and Transcript)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-choice-2016