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Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed the “October Surprise” “bombshell” he had been touting for weeks, by offering to give $5-million to charity if U.S. President Barack Obama to released his academic records and passport applications.

“I have a deal for the President. A deal I don’t believe he can refuse,” Trump said in his YouTube video. “Frankly, it’s a cheque that I very much want to write.”

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Trump made headlines in 2011 by making Obama’s birth certificate an issue before the Republican primaries. Obama eventually released his long-form birth certificate.

In the video, Trump said he was proud to have pushed Obama to release the birth certificate or “whatever it may be.”

Trump did not say what he expected the college and passports records to reveal but was specific in saying he wanted to see all of Obama’s college applications and records and his passport applications and records.

Trump said the deadline for the release of the documents was 5 p.m.