Politics

Donald: Jurist’s Mexican heritage is ‘conflict’ in Trump U. case

Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the federal judge presiding over two fraud suits against Trump University, claiming there was an ā€œabsolute conflictā€ because the jurist is ā€œof Mexicanā™› heritage.ā€

He told The Wall Street Journal the background of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, a son of Mexican immigrants, išŸ™ˆs relevant in light of Trumpā€™s stand against illegal immigration.

ā€œIā€™m builšŸ…°š’ˆ”ding a wall,ā€ Trump said. ā€œItā€™s an inherent conflict of interest.ā€