“When this casino collapsed because of how badly he managed it, hundreds of people lost their jobs, shareholders were wiped out, lenders lost most, contractors - many of them small businesses - took heavy losses and many themselves went bust,” Clinton said. BRIAN SNYDER / Reutersĭrawing on heaps of recent investigative reporting, Clinton said the story of Plaza is typical of Trump’s business ventures. Clinton delivers a campaign speech outside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City on July 6. Now abandoned and coated in dust and sea salt, its owners say they plan to keep the property closed for another 10 years for tax reasons. Trump predicted profits from day one, but the plaza hit bumps almost immediately with the departure of a major partner and eventually closed in 2014, long after Trump had sold his stake. The Trump Plaza opened to great fanfare in 1984, as the largest and tallest casino and hotel in Atlantic City.
Trump delayed the announcement of speakers at the Republican National Convention to “let today be devoted to Crooked Hillary and the rigged system under which we live.” But Republicans are sure to jump on the FBI director’s rebuke, on which Clinton has yet to comment, other than in a statement from her press secretary. Comey’s announcement, delivered hours before Clinton was set to campaign with President Obama Tuesday, came as a major relief to Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters.
