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" I am not going to argue about whether I am a nasty guy. "

David Fahrenthold

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" A lot of other wealthy people feel the responsibility to take some of the wealth they've been given and give back: to give a lot of money to a particular cancer charity or to a group researching some particular disease or their alma mater. We haven't really found anything like that with Trump. "

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" Many graduates, moving often in the first years of their post-college life, simply forget to update their addresses with Harvard, and so bills go unanswered and uncollected. This is called a 'technical default.' "

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" I promise not to take my thousands of dollars in student loan debt and move to Mexico. At least not right away. "

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" I started at 'The Post' as an intern in 2000 right after I got out of college. "

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" Federal election laws bar candidates from the 'personal use' of campaign donations - a ban meant to stop candidates from buying things unrelated to their runs for office. If a purchase is a result of campaign activity, the government allows it. "

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" I personally can barely remember what I was like before I came to college, what made me happy or worried or confident. I don't remember what I expected in my future, except that 'President of the United States' was about halfway up the ladder. "

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" What's a good metaphor for a Harvard student? A talking, gold-plated pile of manure, wearing a fleece. "

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" I feel like I understand Trump's character better than the average person now, having seen all of these little interactions with charity. I wanted to keep doing something that's like that, and not just doing pure politics. So my piece of the Trump empire is the golf courses, Mar-a-Lago, and the winery. "

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" Don't focus on what Trump says. Focus on the results of his actions. Stay in your lane and focus on one particular area. "

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