{"id":2148345,"date":"2024-01-13T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dismisses-marketing-lawsuit-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T20:42:57","slug":"federal-judge-dismisses-marketing-lawsuit-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dismisses-marketing-lawsuit-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses marketing lawsuit against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-dismisses-marketing-lawsuit-against-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2148345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Michael B. Thomas\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>12:33 PM \u2013 \u2063Saturday, January 13, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge \u2062has dismissed\u2062 a lawsuit against former\u2063 President Donald Trump, alleging he was involved\u200c with a fraudulent marketing company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, District Judge Lorna Schofield dismissed a lawsuit that was filed in 2018 and claimed that\u200b Donald Trump \u2062had ties to a fraudulent marketing \u2062company weeks before\u200b the trial\u2064 was scheduled\u200d to begin.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit\u200d claims that Trump used his reality TV show \u201cThe \u2064Celebrity Apprentice\u201d \u2062and \u2064other promotional\u2063 events as vehicles to boost ACN Opportunity, a telecommunications marketing company connected to a nonprofit that \u2064appealed to teens with Trump\u2019s brand, in exchange for \u201csecret\u201d payments totaling\u2063 millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, the scheme \u200brecruited\u200b teenagers and promised\u200c them success as\u200b \u201cThe Trumps of Tomorrow\u201d in order to prey on investors.<\/p>\n<p>Schofield encouraged the plaintiffs to file their claims in state\u200c court, stating that it would be a\u200c more appropriate\u200d place for the case to be tried than federal court, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sesame-place-hit-with-25-million-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-after-alleged-snub-from-costumed-character-goes-viral\/\" title=\"Sesame Place Hit With  Million Racial Discrimination Lawsuit After Alleged Snub From Costumed Character Goes Viral\">class action status<\/a> had previously been denied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBecause this case now\u2062 involves only three \u200bindividual plaintiffs asserting claims under their respective states\u2019 laws, it is\u2064 not better suited for \u200cadjudication in this \u200ccourt\u2063 than in state courts, particularly those of California, Maryland, and Pennsylvania,\u201d the judge wrote. \u201cEven though discovery has \u200dbeen completed and certain motions have been decided, \u2062retaining jurisdiction would not serve the economy or convenience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clifford Robert,\u2063 an attorney for the 45<sup>th <\/sup>president, said in\u2062 a statement Friday evening, \u2062\u201cHaving\u200d already declined class\u200d certification, we are pleased that the Court dismissed the \u2063nominal claims of the three remaining plaintiffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b case was \u2063expected to go to trial on January 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u2063 blasts \u200ddirectly to your \u200dinbox for free.\u200b Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u200cpost!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Biden Administration bombs the Houthis, \u2064Hunter Biden changes his tune to Congress and Senator Rand Paul says \u200d\u201cNever Nikki.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Police arrest three people in the complex murder \u200dmystery \u200bcase involving four,\u200d now dead, family members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The economy figures to be a key factor for \u2064voters \u2063when deciding who to support\u2064 in 2024. One \u200cbusiness insider\u2063 says every candidate except\u200c 45th President Donald Trump is missing a \u200bkey detail. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>West \u2063Virginia congressional candidate Derrick Evans says his \u200carrest and imprisonment \u200bfor walking through the \u200cCapitol on January 6th is only one reason he\u200c is seeking to represent the first district in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google \u200cis set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe \u200ca computer scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer\u2064 Microsoft were sued in Manhattan federal \u2062court\u200d by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their work \u200cto train the\u2064 AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming a household name \u2062even before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b Why did District Judge \u200bLorna Schofield dismiss\u2064 the lawsuit and encourage the plaintiffs to file their claims\u200d in state court?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Linking Former President Donald Trump \u200cwith Fraudulent Marketing Company<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>In a recent development, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, which \u2064alleged his involvement with a fraudulent marketing company. The case,\u2064 which\u2062 was filed in 2018, accused Trump of leveraging his \u2064reality TV show\u200d and\u200d promotional events to boost ACN \u2064Opportunity, a telecommunications marketing company connected to a nonprofit. The plaintiffs claimed that Trump received secret payments totaling millions of dollars in exchange for promoting the company.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissal by District Judge \u200cLorna Schofield:<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 Friday, District Judge Lorna Schofield dismissed the \u2063lawsuit a few weeks\u200c before the scheduled trial. The judge \u2063encouraged the plaintiffs to file their claims in state court, stating that it would be a more suitable venue for the case. While\u200b class action \u2064status had been previously denied in federal court, Schofield suggested that state courts, \u200dparticularly those in California, Maryland, and\u200b Pennsylvania, \u2062would serve as a more appropriate forum for adjudication.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs&#8217; \u2063Allegations and Trump&#8217;s Response:<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleged\u200c that Trump exploited his reality TV show, &#8220;The \u200bCelebrity \u200dApprentice,&#8221; and other promotional events\u200c to\u2062 endorse ACN Opportunity. The company targeted teenagers \u200bwith the promise \u2064of future success, presenting them as\u2063 &#8220;The Trumps of Tomorrow.&#8221; However, \u200cthe lawsuit claimed that the scheme was\u2062 designed to deceive investors.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Clifford Robert, an \u200battorney representing the 45th president,\u2062 stated that they were pleased \u2063with the dismissal of the nominal claims made by\u200c the remaining\u200c three plaintiffs. Notably, class certification had already\u2064 been declined\u200d earlier in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal of the \u200dlawsuit against former President\u2062 Donald Trump, pertaining to his \u200balleged involvement with a fraudulent marketing company,\u200b marks a\u2062 significant \u2063development in the legal proceedings. District Judge Lorna Schofield&#8217;s decision to encourage \u2062the plaintiffs to \u200bpursue their claims in\u200c state courts indicates a shift in the jurisdiction of the case.\u200c As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/game-over-for-jack-smith-attorney-says-trump-can-file-one-motion-that-would-change-everything\/\" title=\"Attorney claims Trump's single motion could alter Jack Smith's 'Game Over' situation.\">legal battle\u200c continues<\/a>, it remains to be seen how the allegations will be\u200b addressed in the state courts and if further revelations will emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump was connected to a fraudulent marketing firm. 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