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Former President Donald Trump expected at high dollar fundraiser in Lexington

Official portrait of former president Donald Trump
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Official portrait of former president Donald Trump

Former president Donald Trump will be in the Bluegrass today. He is attending a fundraising event hosted by Joe and Kelly Craft in Lexington.

Tickets for the fundraiser start at $25-thousand per couple and go as high as $844,600.

The event is also being put on by the fundraising group Trump 47 and the former president's Save America PAC. The PAC has spent more than $50 million last year footing Trump’s various legal bills.

The former president, and presumptive GOP presidential candidate is currently facing trial on 34 felony counts over allegations that he falsified business records to conceal a hush-money payment to an adult film actress before the 2016 election.

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*Editor's Note: Barbara Banke's name was removed from this story after WEKU was notified her name was used on the event's invitation without her consent. We were also notified she will not be attending, nor does she intend on contributing to the Trump campaign.*

Stan Ingold is WEKU's News Director. He has worked in public broadcasting for 18 years, starting at Morehead State Public Radio before spending the past 10 years at Alabama Public Radio. Stan has been honored with numerous journalism awards for his public radio reporting.
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