The FBI just released almost 400 pages related to Trump's housing discrimination allegations
A civil-rights lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against Donald Trump and his father Fred Trump in 1973 claimed that African-Americans and Puerto Ricans were prevented from renting apartments from Trump.
The heavily redacted records of dozens of tenants and employees of Trump Management Company provided an overwhelming amount of information on the matter, however, one statement from a rental supervisor stood out:
He also gave this account after a colleague received a black couple's application:
In a separate report from The Washington Post, the government alleged that Trump employees marked minority applicants with codes, such as "No. 9" or "C" for "colored."
Another interview from a former doorman of a Trump building in Brooklyn provided the following account:
Although some of the allegations were damning, the majority of those interviewed in the investigation said they were unaware of discrimination, according to Politico.
Trump eventually filed a $100 million countersuit, accusing the government of defamation, alleging that they were saying "such outrageous lies." Trump said that although the company wanted to avoid renting to welfare applicants, he'd never discriminated based on race.
In 1975, Trump agreed to a consent decree, whereby no admission of wrongdoing would be given, however, his management company was ordered to take out ads telling ethnic minorities that they were welcome to seek housing at Trump properties.