Donald Trump received phone call from Bill Clinton
Just weeks before Donald Trump launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, he received a phone call from former President Bill Clinton, CBS News confirmed with Mr. Clinton's office.
The former president called Trump after Trump "reached out to President Clinton a few times," Mr. Clinton's office said.
According to the Washington Post, which first reported the call, the former president encouraged Trump to become more engaged in the GOP. Without going into further detail about the call, Mr. Clinton's office told CBS that the two did not discuss the 2016 presidential race.
The Trump campaign declined to comment on the call to CBS.
Trump will join his fellow GOP candidates in the first 2016 primary debate Thursday evening. Mr. Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.
CBS News' Alexander Romano and Sopan Deb contributed to this story