The lawsuit, scheduled for November 28 by US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on Friday, is one of three that accuse Trump University of fleecing students with unfulfilled promises to teach secrets of success in real estate.

Curiel expressed concern for jurors who may have gotten caught in a ‘media frenzy’ if the trial were held during the campaign, even though it was filed in 2010 and originally planned for this summer.

Trump, on the other hand, has railed against Curiel, calling him hostile and pointing out his ethnicity at an Arkansas rally in February, saying: ‘I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He’s Hispanic — which is fine.’ 

A lawsuit against Donald Trump (pictured) and the defunct Trump University has been scheduled for November 28 by US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on Friday

The lawsuit is one of three that accuse Trump University of fleecing students with unfulfilled promises to teach secrets of success in real estate

Trump’s attorney Daniel Petrocelli said the Republican candidate will testify at most, if not all of the trial, telling reporters: ‘He has very, very strong feelings about this case.’

Petrocelli asked for a trial after Inauguration Day on January 20, but the judge raised concerns about distractions if Trump wins the election. 

The attorney said the period between the election and swearing-in is extremely hectic for a president-elect but it was preferable to holding a trial during the campaign. 

The San Diego suit says Trump University, which was not accredited as a school, held seminars across the country that failed to deliver on the school’s promises. 

Trump, who appears on a list of defense witnesses for the trial, has repeatedly pointed to a 98 percent satisfaction rate on internal surveys. 

But the lawsuit says students were asked to rate the product when they believed they still had more instruction to come and were reluctant to openly criticize their teachers on surveys that were not anonymous.

Curiel, a judicial appointee of President Barack Obama, has been eager to get to trial and had planned the trial for this summer before Trump’s surge in the primaries.

The case was filed in 2010, making it the second-oldest on his docket.

Trump has railed against Judge Curiel, calling him hostile and pointing out his ethnicity at an Arkansas rally in February, saying: ‘I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He’s Hispanic — which is fine.’

Still, he expressed concern about a trial during the campaign, partly out of concern for jurors’ safety.

‘Will they be able to stay clear of the media frenzy?’ he asked. ‘Ultimately that’s my number one concern.’

Since the early 1980s, Trump has personally been sued at least 150 times in federal court, records show. 

Only a handful of those cases are pending, with the ones involving Trump University — two in California and one in New York — being the most significant. 

Petrocelli said he would not ask for the judge to be removed from the case, despite Trump’s views. 

Jury selection may begin shortly before November 28, and the trial was expected to last a month or longer, the judge said.