--- description: Hillary Clinton attacked presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump over his for-profit real estate school. title: Hillary Clinton Goes on Offense Against Trump University image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68b2d01b5f9e3450/698895e52dce01538d9e94f4/clinton-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Goes on Offense Against Trump University by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2016 5:55 PM CUT  Brendan Smialowski—Getty Images, James Devaney—WireImage/Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2016 5:55 PM CUT Hillary Clinton attacked presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump over his for-profit real estate school, signaling a key line of attack in the fall elections. After documents from a lawsuit about the failed [Trump University](http://time.com/4353116/trump-university-documents-released/ "undefined") were released, Clinton went on offense on Twitter, declaring the school was a “scam” and retweeting criticism of it. “Trump University employed instructors with no experience and lied to sell outrageously expensive packages,” the likely Democratic nominee [wrote](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/738044640474071040 "undefined"). “In a word: fraud.” [A federal judge unsealed almost 400 pages of documents](http://time.com/4353116/trump-university-documents-released/ "undefined") related to Trump University on Tuesday, revealing a moneymaking scheme in which staffers were advised on ways to get students to spend more money. Clinton tied the news to a broader critique of Trump’s campaign, which could be telling for how she’ll handle the fall campaign. “Trump U is devastating because it’s metaphor for his whole campaign: promising hardworking Americans way to get ahead, but all based on lies,” wrote Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon[ in a tweet](https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/738011082850242560 "undefined"). In recent weeks, some Democrats [have worried about how Clinton can successfully attack](http://time.com/4328519/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-unpredictable/ "undefined") a candidate who escaped the primaries unscathed by missteps that would have sunk a more traditional candidate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353917/hillary-clinton-trump-university/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353917/hillary-clinton-trump-university/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Goes on Offense Against Trump University","datePublished":"2016-06-01T17:55:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:58:39.873Z","description":"\"In a word: fraud.\"","url":"https://time.com/4353917/hillary-clinton-trump-university/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","Social Media","2016 Election topic","twitter","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68b2d01b5f9e3450/698895e52dce01538d9e94f4/clinton-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68b2d01b5f9e3450/698895e52dce01538d9e94f4/clinton-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"clinton-trump-university","caption":"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump","creditText":"Brendan Smialowski—Getty Images, James Devaney—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353917/hillary-clinton-trump-university/","name":"Hillary Clinton Goes on Offense Against Trump University"}}]}] ```