America's
newly sworn-in president, Donald Trump, has been dragged to court by a
group of electricians who are aggrieved with him.
President Donald Trump
Several aggrieved electricians in America have sued president
Donald Trump to court claiming he refused to pay them fully after they
had completed the work he asked them to do.
The electricians are those who rushed work on President Trump’s
newly opened hotel in Washington, D.C.. They say they are owed more than
$2 million, and the contractor has filed a lawsuit to force payment
from Trump.
According to USA Today, Freestate Electrical filed the suit in D.C.
Superior Court alleging Trump’s company asked for a rush order on the
hotel before its soft opening in September and the grand opening shortly
before Election Day to complete fire alarm and electrical work.
Trump’s company paid $15 million on the contract, but withheld payment on the final installment, the lawsuit says.
“Acceleration of Freestate’s work required Freestate’s crews to
work nonstop, seven days per week, 10 to 14 hours per day, for nearly
50 consecutive days,” the lawsuit says, adding the extra work was
at the Trump company’s direction so that it could open before the
election and get positive press coverage.
The lawsuit alleges Trump’s company agreed to pay one-third of the
remaining bill, which the electricians deem “unreasonable.” The
electrical company formerly filed a lien on the hotel for unpaid work.
“Trump’s actions in refusing to pay for work performed, after a
project has opened, is a repeated practice of the Trump Organization on
various projects; evidencing a typical business practice meant to force
subcontractors to accept ‘pennies on the dollar,” the lawsuit alleges.
Attorneys for the electricians also took time in the filing to
point out the confusion over Trump’s continued lease with the General
Services Administration.
That 2014 lease, attached as an exhibit to the suit and signed by Trump, says “no
elected official of the Government of the United States shall be
admitted to any share or part of this Lease, or to any benefit that may
arise therefrom.”
Attorneys for the Trump Organization did not immediately return a request for comment.
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