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Donald Trump: “It was Mr. Trump's opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that…”

On the recordMay 2, 2024
It was Mr. Trump's opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out before the election.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Hope Hicks testified that Trump believed it was better to handle the Stormy Daniels story after it broke rather than before the election.

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