Donald Trump's campaign manager is denying that Mr. Trump's wife Melania plagiarized parts of her speech to the Republican Convention from a speech given by Michelle Obama in 2008.
But the campaign is acknowledging that she borrowed "fragments that reflected her own thinking".
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports from Cleveland.
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The possible plagiarism was spotted by a Los Angeles Times reporter who compared Mrs. Trump's speech with the speech Michelle Obama made to the Democratic Party's convention 8 years ago.
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But Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort told CNN Melania Trump didn't copy Michelle Obama's 2008 speech.
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Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort addressed questions about Mrs. Trump's speech in an appearance on CNN.
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