Video phones could land Donald Trump in big trouble

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : "Trump repeatedly praised ACN's 'great product' -- its 'new ACN Video Phone.'
55% : The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, New York, in 2018, alleges Trump received millions of dollars in secret payments "to promote and endorse" ACN, a marketing company promoting a new type of video phone. Video phones, popularized in the 2000s, were replaced by smartphones with the video chat feature.
51% : The current Republican frontrunner for 2024 allegedly said at the time that ACN's video phones were doing "half-a-billion dollars' worth of sales a year." "Trump also told investors that he had 'experienced the opportunity' and 'done a lot of research,' and that his endorsement was 'not for any money.'
42% : "Trump told prospective investors that "[y]ou have a great opportunity before you at ACN without any of the risks most entrepreneurs have to take," according to the 161-page complaint filed in 2018.
41% : " In a second case Carroll took against Trump, a judge ruled that the former president also defamed her in comments in 2019.
38% : The lawsuit alleges that Trump promoted the product on the TV show Celebrity Apprentice without disclosing that ACN was paying him.
25% : Trump has already been deposed in the case, which is among a large line of criminal and civil trials the former president is facing in 2024.
23% : Trump has maintained he does not know Carroll and termed the verdict a "witch hunt.
23% : Judge Arthur Engoron has already found Trump and the Trump Organization had committed fraud and Engoron must now decide on a second part of the case.
20% : Donald Trump is facing trial on January 29 for allegedly duping people into investing in a loss-making video phone.
20% : The lawsuit alleges Trump received secret payments for inviting two of the founders of ACN into Celebrity Apprentice, the reality show that Trump hosted.
20% : In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages against Trump after finding that he had sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
19% : A jury will decide this month how much money Trump will have to pay Carroll in compensation in this second defamation case.
19% : Trump is also being sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James for falsifying asset evaluations to obtain bank loans.
15% : Separately, Trump is being sued for defamation for a second time by journalist E. Jean Carroll.
8% : Trump's three adult children: Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr, have all been dropped as defendants in the case.

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