"I am the student in the video who was confronted by the Native American protestor," Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School, announces in statement Sunday night, as he denounces what he calls "outright lies" about the incident.

"I am the student in the video who was confronted by the Native American protestor," Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School, announces in statement Sunday night, as he denounces what he calls "outright lies" about the incident. https://t.co/ftfXKLulPT

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