Mark Cuban Admits He Lied About Front-Row Debate Seat to Rile Donald Trump

Dallas Mavericks owner is not in the first row of the presidential debate

Clinton Trump First Presidential Debate 2016 Mark Cuban
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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban admitted to reporters on Monday before the presidential debate that he lied over the weekend about planning on sitting in the front row to bother Donald Trump, according to Business Insider.

“First of all, when I tweeted that I was going to sit in the first row, I didn’t have a first-row seat,” Cuban said. “I knew that it would get under his skin and drive him crazy. Mission accomplished.”

Trump famously replied to news that Cuban would sit in the front row by tweeting that alleged former Bill Clinton mistress Gennifer Flowers could be positioned next to him.

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