Trump casino dispute settled

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000 | 10:50 a.m.

Terms set by the Temporary State Commission on Lobbying were agreed to Tuesday, avoiding a public hearing before the commission.

"There is going to be full disclosure and a satisfactory resolution with the commission," Edward Wallace, a lawyer for Trump Hotel Casinos and Resorts, based in New Jersey, said. "I think we've overcome the hurdles, and I anticipate that in the coming weeks there will be a satisfactory resolution."

The commission contends that the Trump organization, its lobbyist Roger Stone Jr. and the Institute for Law and Society illegally hid lobbying activities from state oversight and didn't report lobbying expenditures as required.

Trump helped pay for the institutes ads against Gov. George Pataki and the St. Regis Mohawk Indians over the expansion of Native American gambling in New York.

Judd Burstein, a lawyer for Stone, said his client will voluntarily testify before the commission about the ads he helped the institute devise.

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