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Golf is a polite sport. Golfers are not supposed to whine, and they are not supposed to brag. Yet Donald Trump recently issued a statement claiming he had just hit a hole in one on the seventh hole of the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The feat, he claimed, was “100% true.” His drive, he claimed, was 181 yards into a “slight wind,” later stated to be a “rather strong wind.” The seventh hole of the Trump course is mapped at 166 yards from the furthest tee, but Trump said he was playing it 181 yards, and his drive “bounced twice and then went clank, into the hole.” There is no video of the shot in question.
A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.