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Donald Trump: “Pastor Brunson was put in jail for 35 years before I got…”

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But I have great respect for this man, and we've had a very good relationship for a long time. If you remember, he let Pastor Brunson. He freed Pastor Brunson. Pastor Brunson was put in jail for 35 years before I got there. This was a group that should have stopped it. And the president, after I called him, released him, which was a great thing for our Christian community, our evangelical community, the evangelicals really, really wanted that. (01:05–01:10)

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Asserts that Pastor Brunson was sentenced to 35 years in jail before Trump's intervention.

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