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Donald Trump: “It wasn't a campaign contribution. If it were, it's only civil.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2018
It wasn't a campaign contribution. If it were, it's only civil.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

President Trump stated that the payment made to silence allegations was not a campaign contribution, asserting that even if it were, it would only be a civil matter.

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