Donald Trump's campaign says the $6 million that he previously announced having raised for veterans is incorrect, the Washington Post reported.
The amount raised at a televised fundraiser in January was actually about $4.5 million, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski just told the Washington Post. At the end of the program that night, Trump announced: "We just cracked $6 million, right? Six million."
Lewandowski told the Post the shortfall was due to donors backing out.
"There were some individuals who he'd spoken to, who were going to write large checks, [who] for whatever reason . . . didn't do it," Lewandowski told the Washington Post in a telephone interview. "I can't tell you who."
This is apparently the first acknowledgement that the fundraiser raised less than the candidate said. Lewandowski said he did not know if a $1 million donation from Trump was counted as part of the $4.5 million, according to the Post.