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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump

Two men sit in the Oval Office.
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Donald Trump at the White House in 2019. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

A spokesperson for Donald Trump blamed “Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors” for a bombshell report on Friday about a secret criminal investigation into whether Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the authoritarian ruler of Egypt, sought to give the former president $10m during his victorious 2016 White House run.

“The investigation referenced found no wrongdoing and was closed,” Steven Cheung told the Washington Post, which published the report on Friday.

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