Trump deleted the tweet, then resent the same image with the star changed to a circle. The defense: Trump argues that it was a sheriff’s badge, or perhaps a “basic” six-pointed star.

A screenshot of Donald Trump's deleted tweet, which has been called anti-Semitic by the Clinton campaign, shows Clinton with a six-point ... it was a star in the shape of sheriff's badge.

“Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff’s Star ... deleted — placed a red six-pointed star containing the ...