The White House is on solid legal ground with plans to release a commemorative coin of President Donald Trump for the country’s 250th independence celebration, according to a senior Trump administration official.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett pushed back on Sunday against CNN host Jake Tapper’s suggestion that the Treasury Department’s development of a $1 coin could violate a century-old law.

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