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Trump Campaign Shells Out $20,000 to Activist Allegedly Thrown ‘Head First Into a Table’ in 2015

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The campaign paid to settle the claim from Rod Webber, a New England-based peace activist known as the “Flower Boy.”

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The Trump campaign settled out of court with a man who said he was thrown “head first into a table” after attempting to ask him a question at a 2015 campaign event. Rod Webber, a New England-based peace activist known as the “Flower Man,” was paid out $20,000 to settle the claim, according to court records obtained by The New York Times. Earlier this year, the Times reported that Trump’s campaign had paid out over $100,000 to the New Hampshire law firm handling the case.

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