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Trump engineered a sudden windfall in 2016 as campaign funds dwindled

By Susanne Craig, Mike McIntire and Russ Buettner
New York Times·
22 mins to read
Trump engineered a sudden windfall in 2016 as campaign funds dwindled
President Donald Trump's long-hidden tax records reveal how he engineered a sudden financial windfall in 2016. Photo / Todd Heisler, The New York Times

Tax records expose more than US$21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash.

Donald J. Trump needed money.

His "self-funded" presidential campaign was short on funds, and he was struggling to

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