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pinboy3niner

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3. Did Trump buy off a doctor to attest to a nonexistent medical condition to get out of the draft?
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:39 AM
Aug 2016

Easy for someone with his wealth to do.

The only information about the medical deferment comes from Trump himself, with no evidence or support for the story he tells. He says he doesn't remember who the doctor was, and his campaign is stiffing the media on providing a copy of the doctor's letter that Trump promised to look for.

And according to Trump, he got the deferment because he had a sudden, mysterious--and temporary--bone spur condition that was at the same time serious enough to conveniently disqualify him for military service at a time when large numbers of young men were being drafted and sent to Vietnam.

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