Trump Claims Plane of ‘Thugs’ Threatened Republican Convention

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President Trump speaks to the media at Andrews Air Force Base.Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump is sticking to a claim he made without evidence that a plane loaded with “thugs” was headed for the Republican National Convention last week “to do big damage.”

He initially made the assertion in a Monday interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham and then added to it on Tuesday, telling reporters before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, that he would refer them to a person who witnessed the incident. He did not identify the witness.