time vendors — got less than a penny on the dollar for their claims against Trump Entertainment Resorts (Trump resigned as chairman four days before the bankruptcy filing).” [Press of Atlantic City, 8/10/15] Building Contractors Claimed Trump Was “Notorious For Stringing People Out And Not Paying.” “Contractors, who often bear the brunt of corporate bankruptcy, regarded Trump ‘as a jerk and a bum,’ said Dave Farragut, president of United States Roofing Corp., a large roofing firm based in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Trump was a chronic haggler ‘notorious for stringing people out and not paying,’ according to Farragut, who said he experienced that firsthand on a $600,000 roofing job at Trump Taj Mahal. ‘It was a joke among all the subs that you’d tack on an extra 10 percent onto your bids’ to hedge against delayed payments, he said. ‘He was slow pay, everybody knew.’” [Press of Atlantic City, 8/10/15] WOMEN WHO HAVE WORKED FOR TRUMP HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON THEIR EXPERIENCES Women Who Worked For Donald Trump Said That While He Could Be Boorish, They Appreciated How Trump Provided Them With Opportunities For Career Advancement In A Male-Dominated Industry. “In the five months that the billionaire businessman has spent on the presidential campaign trail, his inflammatory missiles toward women have prompted charges of sexism, even misogyny. … But many women who have worked closely with Trump say he was a corporate executive ahead of his time in providing career advancement for women. While some say he could be boorish, his companies nurtured and promoted women in an otherwise male-dominated industry. Several women said they appreciated how Trump granted them entry to a new playing field.” [Washington Post, 11/24/15] Several Women, Including The Woman Trump Put In Charge Of Constructing Trump Tower, Who Are Longtime Trump Employees And Supporters Do Not Support His Presidential Campaign.” “But several women who are longtime Trump supporters say the provocative outbursts that served Trump well in business and entertainment don’t belong in politics. ‘I don’t like the fact the worlds are merging,’ said [former ‘Apprentice’ contestant] Ereka Vetrini, a TV host and lifestyle expert. … ‘Fiorina and Kelly?’ she said. ‘I can’t disregard those comments.’ Nor can [Barbara] Res [who Trump put in charge of the construction of Trump Tower], who also disagrees with her former boss’s political stance: From his anti-choice position to his opposition to the Affordable Care Act, ‘his policies, the things he says he believes in, are very anti-women.’ ‘I’m voting for Hillary,’ Res said.” [Washington Post, 11/24/15] Two Former Contestants On The Apprentice Claimed Trump Often Made Inappropriate Remarks About The Women Contestants. “Two contestants recently axed from ‘The Apprentice’ television show are complaining that host Donald Trump frequently makes inappropriate remarks about the reality-show’s women contestants — saying his boorish behavior has no place in a corporate boardroom. Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, a former Brooklyn assistant district attorney who was ‘fired’ from NBC’s business game show last Thursday — after first being forced out of her day job for not disclosing her stint on the NBC program — charged that Trump lavishes attention on the women contestants he finds attractive, makes sexist remarks, and asks the male contestants to rate the women.” [New York Post, 11/2/10] Confidential Page 62