--- title: Donald Trump Wants to Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit description: Donald Trump said he wants to reopen Trump University, the now-defunct school that is currently the subject of fraud allegations canonical: https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-02T17:54:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:21:29.825Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit og:description: The organization is currently the subject of fraud accusations og:url: https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c4c7901b4c21e5c/698896080b72e343556e9ac2/donaldt-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit twitter:description: The organization is currently the subject of fraud accusations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c4c7901b4c21e5c/698896080b72e343556e9ac2/donaldt-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 2, 2016 5:54 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump enters a news conference at Trump Tower on May 31 in New York City. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump enters a news conference at Trump Tower on May 31 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 2, 2016 5:54 PM UTC Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to eventually [reopen](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/738415541203832832) Trump University, the now-defunct real estate school that is [currently the subject of fraud allegations](http://time.com/4353116/trump-university-documents-released/). “After the litigation is disposed of and the case won, I have instructed my execs to open Trump U(?), so much interest in it!” he [said on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/738415541203832832), referring to the class-action lawsuit against the organization. “I will be pres.” Likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has [attacked Trump over the university](http://time.com/4353917/hillary-clinton-trump-university/), on Tuesday [calling it](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/738044640474071040) a “scam that preyed on families to make money.” Trump has defended the school and [criticized the federal judge](http://time.com/4351376/donald-trump-university-lawsuit-gonzalo-curiel/) hearing the lawsuit as a “very hostile” “hater.” Documents made public on Tuesday [revealed a moneymaking scheme](http://time.com/4353116/trump-university-documents-released/) at the school that targeted people with the most pressing problems. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit","datePublished":"2016-06-02T17:54:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:21:29.825Z","description":"The organization is currently the subject of fraud accusations","url":"https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c4c7901b4c21e5c/698896080b72e343556e9ac2/donaldt-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c4c7901b4c21e5c/698896080b72e343556e9ac2/donaldt-trump-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Press Conference At Trump Tower","creditText":"Spencer Platt/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":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4355435/donald-trump-university-reopen/","name":"Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Trump University After Lawsuit"}}]}] ```