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As the Brentwood talks made progress, Carter rolled back his rhetoric, disclaiming any intention to harm “the kids.”

Trump seems to be testing the limit of his gag order, disclaiming responsibility for what his surrogates say.

On Tuesday, he noted Mangi’s “almost unprecedented step” of writing to Booker to “disclaim any real knowledge of an organization on whose advisory board he sits.”

"The foundation pointedly disclaimed him and his NGO stressing that it had no link whatsoever with them."

Even if a company works by the franchise model and tries to disclaim responsibility or tries to misclassify employees as independent contractors so the company can skirt providing benefits, the Biden administration has held firm.