Donald Trump claimed a star in a tweet from his account was a "plain star." | AP Photo Trump: Tweet showed 'a Sheriff's Star,' not Star of David

Donald Trump brushed off concerns Monday about possible anti-Semitic imagery in a tweet posted from his account.

The tweet, which was posted and deleted Saturday, featured a picture of Hillary Clinton on a backdrop of money next to a six-sided star that read “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” It drew widespread backlash almost immediately for resembling the Star of David, an important Jewish symbol.


After the tweet was deleted, a revised graphic was posted to Trump’s Twitter account, this time with a circle subbed in for the star.

"Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff's Star, or plain star!" the presumptive Republican nominee tweeted Monday.

Trump campaign adviser Ed Brookover echoed his boss, telling CNN's "New Day" on Monday morning that there was “never any intention of anti-Semitism,” adding that Trump has denounced it in the past.

“Not every six-sided star is a Star of David," Brookover said. “We have corrected this tweet and have moved on.”

A version of the Clinton-star graphic appeared earlier on a white supremacist website. According to the Associated Press, the image showed up in late June on a neo-Nazi internet message board, /pol/, that features anti-Semitic posts. The image's appearance on that site was first reported by mic.com.

Brookover declined to identify who was responsible for the tweet but said he doesn’t believe the person will be fired.

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who is now a paid CNN commentator, pushed back against criticism on Saturday, saying the uproar was “political correctness run amok.”