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NY Democrat: Trump should return money to 9/11 recovery fund
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is "a small man" for accepting $150,000 from a federal fund for small businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks and should return the money or donate it to charity, a New York Democratic congressman said.
"In grabbing that money with both fists, you took it out of the pockets of small business owners in New York who were truly hurting," Rep. Jerrold Nadler wrote in an open letter to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Nadler referenced reports earlier this year that the real estate billionaire accepted the money from the World Trade Center Business Recovery Grant program.
The lawmaker's letter, posted on his campaign website and dated Thursday, represented the latest Democratic attempt to focus attention on Trump's wealth. They've also repeatedly demanded that he release his income tax returns, which he has declined to do until IRS audits are finished.
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