Hatcher helped bring a 1996 lawsuit alleging Trump’s organization had only hired about 20 percent minorities. The eight business partners in Trump’s license application had been offered a chance to buy shares worth more than $1 million, but most didn’t have the money. A May 1996 agreement signed by the Trump organization said the developer would “endeavor” to fill 70 percent of its 1,200 full-time jobs with minorities. The state gaming commission eventually awarded Trump a casino license. His official proposal also listed eight “local minority participants” in the project, a diverse group of Indiana businessmen. He offered to fund a new charitable foundation endowed with casino stock worth $11.5 million. To sweeten the pot, Trump’s representatives said they would try to ensure that at least two-thirds of the casino’s staff would be minority residents from the surrounding area, according to a transcript. In a presentation to the Indiana Gaming Commission in 1994, Trump’s team touted his “superior marketing and advertising abilities” to pitch a 340-foot long vessel called Trump Princess with more than 1,500 slot machines.
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