By Marc Fisher Marc Fisher Senior editor reporting on a wide range of topics Email Bio Follow March 5 at 4:27 PM In 2011, days after Donald Trump challenged President Barack Obama to “show his records” to prove that he hadn’t been a “terrible student,” the headmaster at New York Military Academy got an order from his boss: Find Trump’s academic records and help bury them.
The former NYMA officials’ recollections add new details to one of the allegations that Michael Cohen, the president’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer, made before Congress last week. Cohen, who told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that part of his job was to attack Trump’s critics and defend his reputation, said that Trump ordered him “to threaten his high school, his colleges and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.
At the academy, which modeled its strict code of conduct after the nearby U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Trump loved competing to win contests for cleanest room or best-made bed. Although not known as an academic standout, he was a prominent baseball player and was well known on campus for bringing women there and showing them around.
Those who were aware of the 2011 effort to conceal Trump’s records said the request set off a frenzy at the military academy. Jones said he did not know whether the original request to remove Trump’s records from the files came from Cohen. Cohen said last week that he sent threatening letters to Trump’s schools, warning that “we will hold your institution liable” if any of his records are released. In his letter to the president of Fordham University, where Trump spent his first two years of college, studying business administration, Cohen demanded that the records be “permanently sealed” and said any release was “criminality,” which “will lead to jail time.
Coverdale, who was the school’s superintendent from 2010 to 2013 and is now a public school administrator in Florida, said he does not know what happened to Trump’s file after he left the academy in 2013.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Akin to the trump family military service four generations of let others fight wars. Cowards always talk tough
what did you expect to find there - A's & B's? - No, only C's & D's - otherwise sure enough trump would have published them himself
Were there really any proof that Mr. MAN in the WH went to a Highschool?
I thought it was him who was obsessed with you!I’ve been so blind!!...NO,I HAVEN’T
At least it wasn't his birth certificate
He's gone to great lengths to keep hidden his: medical records. high school records, college records, (lack of) millitary service records, tax records. While accusing President Obama/HRC, others of 'hiding something.'
High school transcript? What. The. Hell.
Don't.
Lol, really! Who cares!
Did he spend $1M to hide it like OBAMA did?
MalcolmNance So he’s aware he’s a hypocrite?
pennyparker0523 Not surprising
Must be something to hide just like all his business dealings and tax returns
Don’t need to see them. It’s obvious he was a mediocre to poor student.
You DO understand that being a Crappy Student will only make his Base Love him more? It 'Normalizes' him to them. Making him feel like one of them, only endears him to them more.
School records, tax returns....everything hidden...Why?
I could care less about Trump’s high school transcripts. If he was an A or A+ student. The Whole wide world would have known via Trump’s bragging 👄. I want to see his Tax Returns.
MalcolmNance He really must be that stupid
Keep your dignity as famous journal. That is privacy. If you are asked to present your academic record, what would you like to do ?
THEY HAVE TO BE ALL Cs MAYBE! HE IS NOT SMART!
FFS who cares? 🤷🏻♀️
Why is a stable genius with a big a-brain afraid to have his academic record exposed realDonaldTrump? President Obama showed us his birth certificate. Why don't you show us your report card (and your taxes)?
THE POINT OF CONCEALING SCHOOL RECORDS FOR A LIER ITS NOTHING BUT COVERING HIS FRAUDULENT MISERABLE LIFE NOT THAT TRUMP ITS SMART BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING ANY ONE SHOULD BE PROUD OF BUT TRUMP KNOWS HOW STUPID HE HAS BEEN FROM SCHOOL AND TO THE PRESENT, TRUMP MUST BE REMOVED YES
Trump is not covered by FERPA or IDEA. Private schools, even if they accept federal funds, he graduated before the laws. Records are open to those who request them or by court order.
The school was bought after it closed in 2015 by a Chinese investor. Hmm. I'd give $20 bucks to know if that investor has gotten any favorable help or dispensation for any issues he may have had in the USA by the Trump administration.
MalcolmNance That’s ok. We already know Trump is stupid. We don’t need more proof at this point.
MalcolmNance . . . let's not forget how his doctor's office was seized upon and his medical records removed.
That he's still stuck in high school explains so much
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If the school was willing to hide them, what else are they hiding about other students? Shady stuff. Shady school. This bribery doesn’t speak highly of them.
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Donald Trump will be fine he don't have to bring any records back from the time he was born he is winner winner and he will win again
No big deal this....if the record was worth boasting about, Trump would be stuffing it down our throats.....just confirms what most of the world think of this embarrassment to the USA. More to come ?....” we got a million of ‘em “
Must read & RT Conservative evangelical Republicans believe God wanted Trump to be president ... sigh
MoondanceGiving RELEASE IT! And Wharton transcripts!
Wait... isn’t he like super smart?! Why hide those great records, the most beautiful records ever!...?
MalcolmNance How could you even trust that his school records were accurate. Remember the 'Gentleman's C' given to GW Bush because he was the son of a rich & powerful official? I'm sure Fred could have 'bought' Trump a passing grade.
Big circle jerk is all it is now so have fun
Weren't they stored next to his birth certificate?
would most likely show us his hisanti-social behavior(s) it’s the reason his parents sent him to military school
MalcolmNance
Trump hiding his grades from HS, University. I love the part, wealthy boosters from the HS jumped on it in 2011, OMG! Hide Trump HS grade's!😂😂😂 Sad.
Go back to elementary I'm sure he was a bad boy.
MalcolmNance Hannity could run for months on something like this.
Really? Take a look at this liberal media. There is a king of this behaviour
MalcolmNance
Please remember that Obama’s college record is buried with Jimmy Hoffa. Oh you just forgot.
MalcolmNance Trump brags constantly about how smart and intelligent he is. Seems like he would love to release all his academic records as proof. Same with his taxes and financial records. Show us what great business acumen you possess Mr. “Art of the deal”.
Trump hides a lot. Trump lies a lot. Until public outrage out paces tea party manipulation of public doubt anything will change.
Washington Post without Trump is a washed up tabloid
Why don't reporters talk to Donald's siblings? Seems like one of them might let something slip that might illuminate. And why does it seem like Barron, as well as said siblings, are in the witness protection program? Why is it not covered why the President's son is invisible?
Isn't Obama's records still under seal?
Wondering how this guy who starred in: - football - basketball - soccer - baseball - bowling and - military marching somehow dodged the Vietnam war draft when 2,709,918 of our brave soldiers sacrificed and served, losing friends, lives, and limbs for God and country?!
Why are you obsessed with that?
Hahahahaha omg... you guys are ridiculous 😂😂😂😂😂 it’s never his policies always his personal life... and now you want his high school transcripts just let it go ffs your embarrassing
You certainly are infatuated with Trump.
Now do one on Obama...
Non story. The school couldn’t legally release them anyways with The president’s authorization unless someone broke the law to release them.
fakenewsWapo EnemyOfThePeople
What difference that make ? That was 50 plus years ago !!! Wtf is wrong with you people
heartfulmom
Even I don’t care about his HS record
Wealthy families don't send their good kids to high school military academies. That's where the f*ck-ups get sent.
Obsession.
Lmo66Olson I bet he was not a BRIGHT student. 😁
How low do his scores/grades have to be?
Interesting, '............NYMA's honor code, 'A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do'.....'. DJT must have failed that class No wonder he doesn't want those transcripts seen.
More Bullshit
How many times did you look for Obam's transcripts? You didn't? Then sit down!
It’s the TWP all y’all do is print BS non story here Stupid headline
sandrafornow Such blatant mob behavior.
Did Obama release his academic records? I didn't see that.
It’s illegal under federal law for any school to give any former student’s records to reporters or members of the public without that person’s specific, written permission. How is this a hard concept to understand? That’s why Obama’s records were never released.
President Obama's record were locked but no complaint then.
I bet Putin has a copy.... Probably Mueller too if MichaelCohen212 orchestrated this
Washed Post, are we lacking for news of value? This is silly nonsense!
Military school is a rich boy’s way to play soldier without the risk.
Found the records on realDonaldTrump
D for dumb or B for business man
Nah, nothing suspicious there. Typical Trump to constantly blare about his predecessor hiding his academic records (no evidence of that happening) while simultaneously hiding his academic records.
Obama’s ya mean
This is a joke the next President is fucked the liberals have set the tone.
Look at that asshole second from left. Everybody else is marching correctly with his saber. Not that jagoff. What a princess!
Angelaxg5504 Trump clearly has some ki d of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. We all know he passed with Ds bought and paid for by daddy. DUMBEST. PRESIDENT. EVER.
Cool story bro. Now do Obama’s transcripts.
Now I want to see them.
Nothing is stopping anyone from releasing his or her own school transcripts. Trump, Obama, Clinton, etc.
WAPO needs a new 'Yearbook bureau' asap!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Trump professor in Wharton sad Trump was the dumbest student he ever had!
D.T. has a lot to hide, eh? Bodyguard took President Trump's personal medical files in 'raid,' doctor says
NO NEED to see Trump's high school or college transcripts; CLEARLY he's not smart as evidenced by how he writes & speaks. He has intellectual deficits. No way he could ever have been more than a D student, and any transcript that might arise will have been altered.
Former officials of the New York military academy where President Trump went to high school say that wealthy alumni directed them to retrieve, remove and hide Trump’s academic records.
He was shipped off there because of bad behavior not for any intelligence
The same way Obama's college transcripts were? Thank you, I'll be here all night. Try the veal.
And what was the Cheeto Benito's GPA?
😂😂😂 he's certainly put a bee in your lots bonnet, high school😂😂
Look at that specimen of man leading the troops in NY....stop hating
Really? How low can you bottom dwellers go?
No fucking way
More to add to the mountain of things that scream Individual1 is a fraud.
No surprise since trump does not read and speaks at 4th grade level, lowest of last 15 presidents so you have to be a moron i.e. his MAGA base or addled like GOP to support this illiterate assclown
Let's treat Trump high school transcripts like he treated BO's birth certificate
It was a conspiracy theory to look into Obama’s transcripts.
he is a fraud..always been a fraud
So what! ALL of Obama’s are hidden.
ummm interesting realDonaldTrump. ..
Why does it matter, we never saw Obama's
Did it happen in Hawaii? I hear they are good at grabbing records or reproducing them if need be.
Now do Obama transcripts
Yawn
It was next to Obama's. How could you miss it?
Dayum! He appears to be trickier than Dick! Some of these tricks will surely come back to haunt him. Surely!
Anyone actually think the trump family didn’t buy his way through school?
Michael Cohen did that mafia goon threatening thing to cover up for the fake POTUS who calls himself a StableGenius for some reason.🙄
Living in the past.
Wait is our president not smart!?
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