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Trump, Inc.

Former Indian Official: Donald Trump Jr. Pushed 'Blatantly Illegal' Project

Trump, Inc.

WNYC Studios

Don, Trump, News, Business, Jared, Ivanka, Jr, Politics, Business News, Government, Eric

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A Trump project in Mumbai had its permits revoked after investigators found “significant irregularities.” Then Trump Jr. traveled to India to get the decision overruled.

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0:00.0

In October 2016, just a few weeks before the election, Donald Trump held an event in

0:07.6

Edison, New Jersey, organized by the Republican Hindu coalition.

0:11.6

It was one of the only campaign events he did that celebrated an immigrant community,

0:16.6

and it was pretty weird.

0:18.4

There's a Michael Jackson impersonator.

0:22.6

Then there's a dance.

0:28.4

Two couples waltzing.

0:30.3

The men are wearing shiny suits, the women's short black dresses.

0:34.2

Behind them, projected on a screen is a giant pulsing pink heart.

0:38.7

A little bit into the dance, some actors playing terrorists intrude.

0:42.6

They're wearing tan-hooded roads, carrying green laser guns, shouting.

0:50.0

And then enter the United States Rangers.

0:55.9

They rescue the hostages.

0:57.8

Then they all sing the star-spangled banner, which segues and de-born in the USA.

1:05.3

The Rangers and the hostages dance triumphantly.

1:09.7

A little bit later in the evening, a man named Shalab Kumar takes the stage.

1:13.5

He's an Indian-American based in Chicago, an electronics billionaire whose family donated

1:18.3

over a million dollars to Donald Trump.

1:21.2

He's also a lobbyist, and one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most important

1:26.1

backers in the US.

1:27.5

Welcome, my dear friend, and a great leader for our country and the world.

1:35.2

Mr. Donald J. Trump.

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