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Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS A military veteran has filed a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s planned birthday UFC fight, calling it “deeply corrupt.” The suit, brought Sunday by Virginia military veteran Paul Romano and Virginian political organizer Susan Douglas, argues that the “America 250″ spectacle is more about celebrating Trump’s 80th birthday—which falls on June 14th—than America’s, which is on July 4. Brendan Ballou, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs, told The Daily Beast the suit came together after reports last week that laid out “the extent to which the government played no role in the actual financing, planning, and execution of this, and the extent to which private parties stand to gain from the deal.” Read more at The Daily Beast.
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