The social media director for Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE’s presidential campaign said late Monday that an image that sparked a firestorm was “lifted from an anti-Hillary Twitter user where countless images appear.”

“The social media graphic used this weekend was not created by the campaign nor was it sourced from an anti-Semitic site,” Dan Scavino said in a post on Facebook.

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“The sheriff’s badge — which is available under Microsoft’s ‘shapes’ — fit with the theme of corrupt Hillary and that is why I selected it,” he added.

“As the Social Media Director for the campaign, I would never offend anyone and therefore chose to remove the image.”

Scavino early Tuesday tweeted that any suggestions that he is anti-Semitic are "awful."

For the MSM to suggest that I am antisemite is AWFUL. I proudly celebrate holidays w/ my wife's amazing Jewish family for the past 16 years. — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) July 5, 2016

Trump on Saturday tweeted an image accusing Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, of being "corrupt" with a six-pointed star, a symbol that appears on the Israeli flag and is commonly associated with Judaism. The image was reportedly created by white supremacists.

He deleted it hours later and replaced the star with a circle.

Early Monday, Trump blamed “dishonest media” for the controversy.

Trump said that news outlets are portraying a “Sheriff’s Star” or a “plain star” as the Star of David.

Clinton’s campaign responded, saying the “blatantly anti-Semitic” image came from “racist websites.”

“Now, not only won’t he apologize for it, he’s peddling lies and blaming others,” Sara Bard, the campaign’s director for Jewish outreach, said in a statement.

Trump later said Clinton was using "false attacks" to divert attention from "dishonest behavior."

This report was updated on July 5th at 7:56 a.m.