from the campaign to these allegations. but i want to show you also so you understand where that reporting came from, here is how nbc news is contextualizing this allegation. here s how they re folding it into their overall story about discrimination by the trump organization at the very start of donald trump s real estate career. it was 1963 in new york city and maxine brown was looking for a place to live in queens. she applied for an apartment owned by donald trump s father. they asked what kind of job i had and they were surprised to hear i was a nurse. but she wasn t welcome. i was turned because because of my color. stanley leibovitz was the agent that took maxine s application. fred trump came into my office with his son donald at his side. i asked him what should i do
specific allegation by stanley leibovitz, that rental agent who worked with the trump organization at the time and who says explosively that donald trump stood alongside his father and nodded approvingly when his father used the n-word to describe who they do not rent to, the campaign tells us that that is, quote, nonsense. they re not offering a substantive rebuttal against the allegation. they re just giving us that response. nonsense. we re 14 days out. vice presidential candidate tim kaine is here tonight for the interview.
they asked what kind of job i had and they were surprised to hear i was a nurse. but she wasn t welcome. i was turned because because of my color. stanley leibovitz was the agent that took maxine s application. fred trump came into my office with his son donald at his side. i asked him what should i do with the application of miss brown. he told me take the application and put it in the desk drawer as he does not rent to people of color utilizing the n-word and donald trump shook his head agreeing with his father. by 1967 state investigators found that out of some 3700 apartments in trump village only seven were occupied by african-american families. by 1973 donald trump was the president of trump management. and she was a teacher looking
this story. hope hicks says, quote, there s absolutely no merit to the allegations. the suit was brought as a part of a nationwide inquiry against a number of companies and the matter was ultimately settled without any finding of and without any admission of wrongdoing whatsoever. it is not true this lawsuit was brought against a ton of companies nationwide. the first one in particular was specific to the trump organization, but they re sticking with that response anyway. now, in response to the very specific allegation by stanley leibovitz, that rental agent who worked with the trump organization at the time and who says explosively that donald trump stood alongside his father and nodded approvingly when his father used the n-word to describe who they do not rent to, the campaign tells us that that is, quote, nonsense.