The gatheringat President Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster had tickets costing up to $250,000. Dr. Rich Roberts, a longtime Republican donor, told The Lakewood Scoop on Friday that Trump privately met with about 19 people at the event. Roberts estimates that the meeting lasted about 45 minutes.

Somerset County GOP Chairman Tim Howes told InsiderNJ he was not present at the fundraiser, not wwas anyone from his organization present.

The co-chairs of Trump’s reelection campaign in New Jersey, senators Joe Pennacchio and Mike Testa, likewise were not present, they told InsiderNJ.