Here is a man who early in his career was found by the Justice Department to discriminate against people of color when it came to renting his apartments. Here is the man who Donald Trump took out a full page ad in the New York Times when five young men of color were accused of a heinous crime, he said they ought to receive the death penalty. And years later, when we found out that the Central park five were innocent, they became the exonerated five. (08:45–08:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that Donald Trump advocated for the death penalty for the Central Park Five in a New York Times ad.
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