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Bradley Crate, the Trump campaign's treasurer, issued a statement Thursday afternoon chalking up the confusion to a "reasonable misunderstanding" based on semantics.

"The campaign’s payment to Diamond and Silk for field consulting was based on an invoice they submitted reflecting their costs for air travel to a campaign event," Crate said. "The invoice was not supported by accompanying receipts, so as a technical matter, could not be reported as a reimbursement even though its purpose was to make them whole for their out-of-pocket costs."



The two were invited by House Republicans to testify on social media companies' alleged bias against conservatives.

Earlier this month, the duo received a message from Facebook saying that their videos were deemed "unsafe." Facebook later said it was sent in error.

Updated at 4:20 p.m.