Trump University was a for-profit seminar business that advertised his “handpicked” instructors and secrets. Students said free seminars were used to upsell expensive packages. The top “Gold Elite” package cost about $35,000. [1]

After the 2016 election he settled the cases for $25 million, without admitting wrongdoing: $21 million for students and $4 million for New York. Participants were expected to recover roughly 80 to 90 percent of what they paid. The Ninth Circuit upheld the deal in 2018. [1][2]