A company controlled by Donald Trump has violated the former U.S. embargo on Cuba, according to a new report published Thursday.
Newsweek Magazine alleges Trump had explored business opportunities in Cuba in the late 1990s, apparently in violation of the U.S. embargo on the communist island.
The work was done by a consulting firm called Seven Arrows on behalf of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc., Trump’s publicly traded casino company, Newsweek reported.
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The magazine said Trump reimbursed the consulting firm for $68,000 of business expenses for its Cuba work – even though neither Trump nor the firm had sought a federal government waiver that would have allowed them to pursue such activities.
A Trump spokeperson said on ABC’s The View that Trump didn’t violate the embargo and that the real-estate mogul had previously spoken out against the communist country, but it wasn’t clear whether or not he reimbursed the company.
She took to Twitter Thursday night to clear it up saying Trump didn’t do business in Cuba.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign strongly condemned the allegations, saying that her opponent acted against U.S. interests by defying the sanctions in the past.
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