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\n“‘They’re close by all accounts,’ said Irvin Muchnick, who has written several books on the culture of wrestling.<\/b><\/p>\n

So close, he said, that in 2007, [Linda] McMahon’s flamboyant husband, Vince McMahon, made a bet with [Donald] Trump on a pay-per-view wrestling matching known as the ‘Battle of the Billionaires.’ The loser, who turned out to be McMahon, had to shave his head.<\/b><\/p>\n

‘I don’t think they could pay Trump enough to shave his toupee,’ Muchnick said.”<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The above passage is in today’s story by Hearst Connecticut newspapers’ state political writer, Neil Vigdor, and Kaitlyn Krasselt about Linda McMahon’s $200,000 contribution — the third largest — to the anti-Hillary Clinton political action committee Future45.<\/p>\n

Though not in the article, Vigdor also asked me whether he knew of a relationship between the McMahons and the Clintons. I told him that the Bill Clinton administration’s Justice Department unsuccessfully prosecuted Vince McMahon in a sensational trial for conspiracy to distribute steroids to WWE talent.<\/p>\n

The subscribers-only link ishttp:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/news\/article\/Trump-pal-McMahon-gives-200K-to-anti-Hillary-6802170.php<\/a>.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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