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“There are many scam artists out there. He did the right thing by vetting these groups,” Baldasaro stated.
At the press conference, Trump said he raised $5.6 million for veterans at an event in January that he hosted in lieu of participating in a presidential debate.
“Donald Trump is doing this for the heart,” said Baldasaro. “You’re all focused on the way he is raising money. … I think the liberal media, and I been dealing with you a long time, need to get your head out of your butt and focus on the real issues,” which drew applause from nearly everyone in the room.
Trump was then asked why it took six months to distribute all the money.
“You have to go through a process,” he responded. “When you send checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars to people and to companies and to groups that you’ve never heard of, charitable organizations, you have to vet it. You send people out. You do a lot of work. Now most of the money went out quite a while ago — some of it went out more recently.”