COEUR d’ALENE — U.S. Sen. Jim Risch will donate a $500 campaign contribution he received from the leader of a white separatist group reportedly cited in Charleston shooter Dylann Roof’s manifesto.

Risch’s office confirmed Monday that the Idaho Republican received the 2013 donation from Earl Holt, president of the Missouri-based Council of Conservative Citizens.

“Prior to my mentioning the name to him today, the senator had never heard of Earl Holt,” said Risch’s press secretary Susan Wrasse, in an email.

“Sen. Risch has received donations from thousands of different individuals, PACs, and institutional donors over the past seven years. Since there are thousands of donors, it is inevitable that the list of donors contains some ‘scoundrels.’ ”

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