NEW YORK — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump provided details Tuesday of the charities that received millions of dollars from a veterans' fundraiser he held earlier this year after sustained pressure from media outlets trying to account for the promised funds.
Trump said at a news conference in New York that his fundraiser, held in boycott of a Fox News presidential debate, raised $5.6 million, responding to questions about the amount raised and how those funds were directed.
"The money's all been sent," Trump said at a news conference at Trump Tower on Tuesday morning, where he criticized the press for making the money an issue.
Trump had said that he raised $6 million through a combination of pledges from wealthy friends, the public and $1 million from himself after a telethon-style fundraiser he held in Iowa in January in place of the Fox debate.
But his campaign refused to disclose which charities had received the money for months, leading some to speculate that the money raised was less than he had claimed.
"It was very unfair that the press treated us so badly," Trump complained.
Local New York Veteran affiliated with the group "the #VetsVsHate" are planning a protest outside Trump Tower to complain that Trump "has used veterans as political props."
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.