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Bernie Sanders' camp said CBS and ABC offered a charitable donation to host a Sanders-Donald Trump debate. | Getty Sanders campaign: ABC offered charitable donation to host debate

ABC offered to make charitable donations in exchange for hosting a debate between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, Sanders campaign spokesperson Michael Briggs told POLITICO.

Trump, who backed out of the debate on Friday, originally told ABC's Jimmy Kimmel that he would participate if a network would donate about $10 million to charity.

On Friday, minutes before Trump announced he would not participate in the debate, the Sanders campaign announced that two broadcast networks had offered to host it and that both offers included "a major contribution to charity."

An ABC spokesperson said the network had offered to donate "any profits to charities of their choice" but that no specific dollar amount had been pledged.

Initially the Sanders campaign said both ABC and CBS offered charitable donations in order to host the debate. But after inquiries by POLITICO, a CBS spokesperson said they had expressed interest in the debate and discussed a venue, but do not pay for appearances and made no commitments regarding charitable contributions. Briggs later emailed a correction, saying "CBS had not made a formal proposal and had not specifically addressed the charity issues."

It's far from the first time Trump has tried to get money out of the networks in exchange for appearing at a debate. In December, CNN President Jeff Zucker said the network would not be donating $5 million to a charity to ensure that Trump would show up. Despite not getting a donation, Trump still participated in CNN's GOP debate in Las Vegas.

This post has been updated with comments from ABC and CBS.