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VERIFY: Yes, President Trump did wager $1M if Senator Warren passed DNA test

President Trump denies making the wager, but video evidence shows otherwise.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Four Seasons Arena on July 5, 2018 in Great Falls, Montana. President Trump held a campaign style 'Make America Great Again' rally in Great Falls, Montana with thousands in attendance.

QUESTION:

President Trump denies betting $1 million to charity if Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren passed a DNA test proving she had Native American ancestry. Did he wager that bet?

ANSWER:

Yes. Video from a 2020 rally in Montana on July 5, 2018, shows Trump placing the wager.

SOURCES:

Video from Montana Rally

"Elizabeth Warren's Family Story"

Senator Elizabeth Warren Tweet

PROCESS:

For years, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren faced ridicule from GOP leaders and Cherokee Indians saying she's bluffing about her Native American ancestry.

In a video, on October 15, Warren released the results of a DNA test proving she was telling the truth.

"In the Senator's genome, we did find five segments of Native American ancestry with very high confidence, where we believe the error rate is less than one in 1,000," Dr. Carlos Bustamante said. Bustamente is a professor of genetics at Stanford who conducted Warren's DNA analysis.

"The facts suggest you absolutely have a Native American ancestor in your pedigree," Bustamante said.

Warren later tweeted that it was time for the President to pay up after winning a wager where Trump said he would donate $1 million to a charity if the test came back positive.

A reporter caught the President leaving the White House and asked about the bet. Trump unequivocally denied it happened.

Our Verify researchers found this video of Trump campaigning in Great Falls Montana in July 2018, that confirms—yep, he bet it.

Warren tweeted at the president to make the check out to National Indigenous Women's Research Center, a non-profit working to protect Native American women from violence.

So we can Verify, TRUE, President Trump did wager a million bucks if Warren passed a DNA test, despite his denial.

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