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>> you weren't actually developing that project, correct? >> that is correct. >> yet a trump biaugraefr read mr. trump is also edeveloping the super luxurious trump otell fort lauderdale, florida. >> the word developing doesn't mean that year the developer. >> there were multiple lawsuits in fort lauderdale. most were settled. the terms are secret. in the two sults that tweebt trial, jurors were shown the perspectives. that identified the developer as someone other than donald trump. trump won thp the trumps didn't require these developments to be successful to earn money. >> because he got a ...

The terms? that's where things begin to get fuzzy. journalist in propublica have been investigating trump businesses for more than a year. trump inc. is a podcast and reporting project. to try to uncover the secrets of the trump family business. >> reporter: secrets because the trump organization fights to keep business details private. case in point. >> the only one that cares about tax returns are reporters. >> reporter: his battle over tax returns. >> no lawyer would tell you to release your tax returns when you're under audit. >> reporter: if the trump organization was a public company, th...

Licensed. >> it read trump marks baja, llc has elected to terminate the license agreement. the second letter explained given the extreme dislocation of the financial markets the baja project will not be able to proceed. sapol felt stunned. >> what? >> and deceived. >> what? >> the market sunk the project but she believed trump, the deal maker she saw on celebrity apprentice was steering theship. trump organization attorney allen garten defended his client to cbs saying -- >> they're buying high end real estate and it's incumbent to be accountable and responsible to read the documents. >> in th...

They would convey to people that were thinking of putting up their money it was a trump development. >> it wasn't. time after time he lied or misled about his role. baja. hawaii. where in 2007 letter to the wall street journal he wrote this building is largely owned by me and developed by me. false. tampa. he told a local paper in 2005 he had a substantial stake in a planned building there. false. and ft. lauderdale. this is trump's 2013 deposition. in a case where plaintiffs alleged trump misled them about his role in the ft. lauderdale development. listen to trump himself. >> you weren't dev...

>> what? >> reporter: the market sunk the project. but she believed trump, the dalemaker she saw on "celebrity apprenti apprentice" was steering the ship. buyers had an obligation to read the fine print. >> it's incumbent upon anyone to read the documents. >> reporter: in the fine print, someone else is identified as the developer of the property. but the fine print is not all that matters. >> what are the representations made? are they close to true? and are they material? are they relevant to a decision that a buyer of the property might make? and here, it would seem like they are material a...