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“I don’t even know who this man is. I don’t know him at all. Don’t know what he’s about. Don’t know where he comes from. Know nothing about him.”

—Donald J. Trump, denying he knows Rudy Giuliani sidekick Lev Parnas—Jan. 19, 2020.

“I don’t know who Lil Jon is. I don’t—I really don’t.”

—DJT, denying he knows rapper Lil Jon, even though Lil Jon had been a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice—not once, but twice—November 2018.

“He is an amazing & wonderful guy!”

—DJT tweet on Dec. 4, 2012 in which he called Lil Jon a “fan favorite” on The Celebrity Apprentice.

“@LilJon once again made it to the Final Four.”

—DJT tweet on May 13, 2013.

“Thanks @LilJon for coming to my defense in Rolling Stone Magazine. As I have often said, you are a terrific guy!”

—DJT tweet, July 22, 2014.

“POTUS doesn’t even know him.”

—DJT tweet about George Conway, husband of Kellyanne Conway, March 19, 2019.

“I barely know him…”

—DJT tweet about George Conway, March 20, 2019.

“You have a truly great voice, certainly not a bad asset for a top trial lawyer!”

—DJT letter to George Conway thanking him for his help on a problem in one of his buildings.

“I never met former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. He knows nothing about me.”

—DJT tweet, Sept. 17, 2016.

“I’m not sure I ever met Bob Casey. I never met him. I don’t know this man.”

—DJT to an audience at a 2018 Pennsylvania rally, despite having met with Sen. Casey in the Cabinet Room of the White House to talk about Trump’s proposed tariffs on imported steel earlier that same year.

“I don’t know him. I saw him sitting, in one picture, at a table with me. That’s the only thing I know about him.”

—DJT denying that he knew George Papadopoulos after his former campaign adviser got into legal trouble.

“An energy and oil consultant, excellent guy.”

—DJT, on George Papadopoulos, in earlier interview with The Washington Post.

“I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing.”

—DJT, when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in April 2019.

“I love WikiLeaks.”

—DJT, during his 2016 presidential campaign.

“I don’t know anything about it.”

—DJT, to reporters in July 2019, following arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges.

“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

—DJT, on Jeffrey Epstein, in interview with New York Magazine.

“I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well.”

—DJT on Ambassador Gordon Sondland, as Sondland was testifying about Trump and Ukraine in November 2019.

“I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to testify…”

—DJT tweet on Oct. 8, 2019 about Sondland, who had donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee.

“I don’t know Prince Andrew. I don’t know him, no.”

—DJT, denying he knows Prince Andrew after the prince had been implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal— Dec. 4, 2019.

“He’s not pretentious. He’s a lot of fun to be with.”

—DJT, speaking of Prince Andrew in a 2000 interview with People Magazine.

“I don’t know anything about David Duke, OK? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.”

—DJT, in interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, on the KKK endorsement of his candidacy.

“I really don’t even know what I mean because that was a long time ago and who knows what was in my head.”

—DJT, in interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd in trying to explain his previous support of the Iraq War.

“To the best of my knowledge, (I) haven’t played golf with him…”

—DJT tweet denying he had ever played golf with actor Samuel L. Jackson, who had said that Trump cheats at golf. In fact, the two had played golf together.

 “I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovalski [sic] is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence.”

—DJT, denying he knew New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski who Trump had mocked for his physical disabilities. The two were actually on a first-name basis.