Donald Trump Jr.'s Employer Left a Mark on Elderly Oregon Woman

Presidential candidate's son toiled for aggressive vanity press.

By Nigel Jaquiss

These days, the New York Times has a team of reporters examining the reality behind persumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

A new installment, focusing on both Trump University and the business activities of Trump's son, Donald Jr., turned up an Oregon connection.

The younger Trump worked as "executive vice president of global branding" for Cambridge Who's Who, a New York company run by a man named Randy Narod, whom the Times describes as "a Long Island, N.Y., nightclub and bagel store owner barred from the securities industry for having had an impostor take his licensing exam."

Although Cambridge Who's Who was not owned by the Trumps, the Times says that after the younger Trump began working there in 2010, the Times says Cambridge benefited from the Trump name.

One person who Cambridge marketed its services to was a retired Oregon schoolteacher.

Here's what the Times found:

Cambridge eventually settled a complaint without admitting guilt and repaid Ms. Fread.

The rest of the story is well worth a read. Spoiler alert: customers did not fare well.

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