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Ted Cruz: “That number, I'd never heard anything remotely close to…”

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Eric Trump—Exclusive interview on his new book Under Siege

Published | Video Starts at 15:36

Not the government, the private sector against the Trump Organization. The moment that he just said 500 bank accounts just shut down. I'm shocked by that. I think you were as well. That number, I'd never heard anything remotely close to that. I mean that, that really is stunning. So, so, so you're running your family's outside businesses. You get these calls. What do you do when, when you're given what you said, 24 hours, 48 hours notice, like, … (15:36–15:42)

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Expresses surprise at the claim of 500 bank accounts being canceled.

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