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Donald Trump is bringing President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born half-brother, Malik, to Wednesday's third and final presidential debate, a campaign aide confirmed to CNN.

Meg Whitman, the Hewlett-Packard CEO and former Republican California gubernatorial candidate, and Mark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, will both be Clinton's guests at the debate.

Meanwhile, Trump is countering with Obama's half-brother and a ghost from Clinton's past: Patricia Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, who accused the former secretary of state of "murdering" her son.

The New York Post was the first to report Trump's invitation to Obama's half-brother.

Clinton invited both Cuban and Whitman, campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri said, and the duo agreed to attend.

Whitman, a longtime Republican, endorsed Clinton earlier this year, saying in a statement that she would vote for and donate to Clinton.

Since then, Whitman has headlined events for Clinton and contributed a considerable amount of money to her campaign, including attending a $50,000-a-person fundraiser in California earlier this year.

Cuban sat in the front row at Clinton's first debate against Trump, a move that was intended to shake the Republican nominee because the Dallas Mavericks owner has been so outspoken against the businessman.

Cuban endorsed Clinton at a July event in his native Pittsburgh. Afterwards, he told CNN that Trump was "crazy."

Since announcing her candidacy, Clinton has picked up a group of high-profile billionaire backers. The campaign has, in turn, used them to question Trump's wealth, citing the fact that he has not released his taxes as a reason for the questions.

Clinton regularly mentions Cuban and billionaire investor Warren Buffett at events across the country, calling them "real billionaires" compared to Trump.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team