WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — Confronted with images of a receipt from an abortion clinic and a check dated days later and bearing his name, Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker said Sunday that an ex-partner’s allegation that he paid to terminate her pregnancy is a lie.
“It’s a lie,” Walker, an anti-abortion Republican and former football star, told NBC News in an interview airing Monday on "TODAY." “Prove that I did that. Just to show me things like that does nothing for me.”
In Sunday’s interview, Walker acknowledged the $700 check was his but again said he had no knowledge of what the money might have been for.
“Yes, that’s my check,” he said.
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The woman, who is the mother of one of Walker’s children, shared the images of records with NBC News that she said document the abortion of a child they conceived in 2009. Walker has denied the allegation that he knew about and paid for the woman's abortion since it was first reported by The Daily Beast earlier this month. The news outlet said it corroborated the details of the abortion accusation with a close friend who said she took care of her after the procedure and said the woman provided both a receipt from the abortion clinic and a bank deposit receipt that included an image of Walker’s check that she said was reimbursement for the procedure. NBC News has also spoken with one of the women's close friends who says the...
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