GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump defended his tax history Monday, blaming politicians for writing laws he used to avoid hefty tax bills, and vowing to put that financial wizardry to use in the White House, reports The Washington Times.

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Donald Trump’s real estate organization inherited Bank Melli, one of Iran’s largest state-controlled banks, as a tenant when he purchased the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, according to public records reviewed and reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Center for Public Integrity. U.S. authorities allege that the bank had been used between 2002 and 2006 to funnel money to a unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that has sponsored terrorist attacks — a period that overlapped with the time the bank rented office space from Trump.

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Donald Trump shamed a former beauty pageant winner Friday for her sexual history and encouraged Americans to check out what he called her “sex tape,” reports AP.

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