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Trump Rips 'Unfair' Coverage, Has Choice Words for ABC Reporter

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Republican presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump told reporters at a testy news conference that allegations that he's been less than honest about his donations to veterans' groups were flatly wrong.
 
"I am the only one in the world that could raise almost $6 million for the veterans, have uniform applause by the veterans groups and end up being criticized by the press," Trump said, before unloading on the press.
 
"Look, I find the press to be extremely dishonest. I find the political press to be unbelievably dishonest," he continued, criticizing them for even questioning his donations.

"I'm not looking for credit, but what I don't want is when I raise millions of dollars [to] have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from ABC, he's a sleaze in my book," he said looking at Tom Llamas, an anchor and correspondent for ABC News.

"Why am I a sleaze?" Llamas asked.

"You're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well," Trump said, to which Llamas retorted, "Because I ask fair questions?

Hillary Clinton pounced on Trump's press tirade, calling the billionaire's fundraiser for veterans a political stunt.
 
"It took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contribution and getting the money to veterans," Clinton said.
 
Trump is also facing controversy over his real estate school. A California judge released previously sealed internal documents showing how Trump University was run, with students paying up to $35,000 for real estate classes.
 
But now some of the students are suing Trump, claiming fraud. The case, which Trump is expected to testify at, goes to trial just after the November presidential election. Trump says the judge in the case has been unfair and he'll win the case.

Meanwhile, Clinton faces her own challenges. The FBI is still investigating her use of a private email server. But even if she's indicted, a new poll, divided along party lines, shows voters want her to run anyway.

According to poll results, 70 percent of Democrats said she should keep running, while only 30 percent of Republicans support the idea and 46 percent of Independents were against it.

Clinton leads Trump by 1 percentage point in the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
 
Despite their problems with the public, the polls still show a dead-even race, with 43.8 percent favoring Clinton to 42.8 percent backing Trump.

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