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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tommy Fisher peered into a Fox News camera and talked up his North Dakota-based company's ability to build a border wall faster and cheaper than others could, with technology "so revolutionary, it's like comparing the iPhone to a pay phone." Fisher Sand and Gravel, he said, was eager to help President Donald Trump deliver on a key campaign promise.

"Hopefully the president will see this," Fisher said during the April appearance on "Fox & Friends First," part of a blitz on conservative media over several months as the construction executive took a well-worn path to the pre...