The Donald Trump adviser who was fired for racially charged Facebook posts wrote an apology to Al Sharpton

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Sam Nunberg

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Sam Nunberg wrote an apology letter to Rev. Al Sharpton after he was fired from Donald Trump's presidential campaign for a series of provocative and racial updates posted on his Facebook account. The posts, which were first revealed by Business Insider on Friday included one where Nunberg wrote about calling Sharpton's daughter "N---!"

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Nunberg provided his letter to Sharpton to Business Insider. In it, he asked for "forgiveness" and said his comment about Sharpton's daughter was "disgusting, inappropriate, and unacceptable."

"I am writing regarding a Facebook post that was reportedly posted to my account in 2007, more than eight years ago. I have no memory of writing it. The post however allegedly said a disgusting, inexcusable reference to your daughter. I offer an apology and ask for your forgiveness," Nunberg wrote to Sharpton.

Nunberg's Facebook updates also included posts that called Obama "Kenyan" and "Muslim" and some that were critical of Republicans. In an interview with Business Insider, Sharpton described Nunberg's comments as "racist."

"When you refer to him as 'Kenyan,' when you refer to him in those terms and when you spell out omitting letters using an N-word referring to my daughter that's as racial as you can get," Sharpton said. "You can't get more racist than that."

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According to the New York Times, Sharpton responded to the letter with "words of forgiveness" for Nunberg.

"Unlike others who have had accusations, he at least did not deny the gravity of what he did," said Sharpton, who also noted he "forgave a guy who stabbed me once in Bensonhurst."

The Trump campaign initially responded by saying Nunberg would be dismissed if they could verify he wrote the Facebook posts. On Sunday, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski issued a statement saying Nunberg had been fired.

Nunberg denied writing the posts in an interview with CNN on Friday.

"I am not adept at social media," he said, adding, "I have a long record of working with diverse people. And anything you are reporting on does not reflect anything on Mr. Trump or Mr. Trump's campaign. I would also point out that all of these things were done before Mr. Trump's campaign, if I even did them - which I deny."

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Campaign finance reports show Nunberg, who is a lawyer, was paid over $15,000 between April and last month to provide communications consulting to Trump's campaign. He has worked as an adviser to Trump since at least 2014 when he was briefly fired for urging the real estate mogul to participate in an unflattering Buzzfeed profile. Nunberg was hired again as Trump, who is currently leading several polls of the Republican primary field, prepared to launch his White House bid.

In his letter to Sharpton, Nunberg pointed to his family background and said the Facebook update about the reverend's daughter "does not reflect how I was raised." Nunberg said his grandparents are holocaust survivors and his father once clerked for a judge who was a prominent civil rights advocate.

Before asking Sharpton for "forgiveness," Nunberg also noted he has made "mistakes" in his life.

"Reverend Sharpton, I am by no means a man without sin. I am by no means a man who has not made mistakes in my life. I am by no means a man who has not had to seek spiritual guidance. I have given up the demon rum. I pray every day for God's help. Reverend Sharpton, it is one day at a time," Nunberg wrote.

Sharpton told the Times that Trump "did the right thing" by firing Nunberg. However, he also said Nunberg "did the right thing to admit he was wrong and apologize."

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Read Nunberg's full letter to Sharpton below:

Dear Reverend Al Sharpton:

I am writing regarding a Facebook post that was reportedly posted to my account in 2007, more than eight years ago. I have no memory of writing it. The post however allegedly said a disgusting, inexcusable reference to your daughter. I offer an apology and ask for your forgiveness.

This post was disgusting, inappropriate and unacceptable. This does not reflect the way I was brought up or the values instilled in me by my parents. My father Noah Nunberg clerked for Constance Baker Motley, the first female African-American federal judge appointed by President Johnson after she worked with Thurgood Marshal at the NAACP on civil rights and segregation cases. The Judge attended my Bris. I started my political career as intern for Jerry Nadler who remains a mentor and a friend.

I went to a yeshiva which instilled in me values of equality. I understand the effects of the cancer of racism. My grandparents survived the Holocaust. My parents are both attorneys and taught me to treat all people with respect and dignity. This post does not reflect how I was raised. Reverend Sharpton, this post is not what is in my heart.

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Reverend Sharpton, I am by no means a man without sin. I am by no means a man who has not made mistakes in my life. I am by no means a man who has not had to seek spiritual guidance. I have given up the demon rum. I pray every day for God's help. Reverend Sharpton, it is one day at a time.

Reverend Sharpton, you are a man of God who practices forgiveness and redemption. I humbly ask for your forgiveness. I extend this heartfelt apology to your family and your community.

Reverend Sharpton, I thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Sam Nunberg, Esq.

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