WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump testified that he transformed a Florida golf club as the trial in a $6 million federal lawsuit brought by disaffected members opened.
The Palm Beach Post reported (https://app.bitly.com/default/bitlinks/2aOfiX2 ) that in a videotaped deposition played Monday, the Republican presidential candidate said most members of the renamed Trump National Golf Club are happy with the changes made since he bought it for $5 million from Ritz-Carlton in 2012. The deposition was recorded in April 2015.
But some members wanted to resign and Trump wouldn't return their $35,000 to $210,000 initiation fees as Ritz-Carlton had promised until new members joined.