Ex-Donald Trump Staffers Accuse Him of Sexual Harassment in the White House
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Staffers who worked in Donald Trump 's White House have accused him of sexual harassment after a jury on Tuesday found the former president liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll.
The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in a judgment that could haunt Trump as he campaigns for a second term.
Jurors rejected Carroll's claim that she was raped in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman store in 1996, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse. They also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll over her allegations. Trump's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, said the former president planned to appeal.
Trump lashed out at the verdict on his social media platform, Truth Social. In a post , he said he has "ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA" who Carroll is and that the verdict is "A DISGRACE" and "CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!"
Discussing the verdict on CNN , Alyssa Farah Griffin, who quit as White House communications director in December 2020, said Trump had a pattern of behaving inappropriately with women while in the White House.
Newsweek has contacted Trump's office for comment via email.
"I have countless cases of what I considered impropriety in the White House that I brought to the chief of staff because I thought the way he engaged with women was dangerous," Farah Griffin said.
Farah Griffin also urged voters to "pay attention" and for Republicans to "stop making apologies" for Trump.
"When Donald Trump tells you who he is, believe him," she said.
"We wanted to chalk it up to locker room talk in 2016. It was not locker room talk," she added, referring to the infamous 2005 Access Hollywood hot-mic recording of Trump talking about kissing and grabbing women without asking.
Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House press secretary, said she had reported Trump's behavior towards a woman on her team to Meadows and other chiefs of staff.
Newsweek reached out to Mark Meadows via the website of the Conservative Partnership Institute, where he is senior partner.
Trump would often comment on women's looks, Grisham told CNN's Erin Burnett, but "with this one staffer, it was it was really bad to the point that I was extremely uncomfortable."
Trump would request the staffer in question to be on foreign trips "when it wasn't her turn," Grisham said. "He one time had one of my other deputies bring her back so that they could look at her ass is what he said to him."
Grisham said: "I did everything I could to keep her off of trips actually and to stay with her if she was with him alone, because I was really nervous about what could happen and this was before I knew kind of any of the the E. Jean Carroll allegations. I stupidly did know about the Access Hollywood video but maybe that was what made me you know, keep with her all the time."
Grisham said every senior staff member was aware of Trump's behavior, but there was little they could do.
"I think at the end of the day, what could they do other than go in there and say, 'This isn't good, sir?'" she said. "And you know, Donald Trump will do what Donald Trump wants to do."
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Oh my God, what a conundrum!
Should it come down to a rematch, do I vote for the man who was a good President yet seems to have the morals of Bill Clinton or do I vote for the cognitive mess who has done indisputable harm to the United States of America?
There were at least a dozen books written during or shortly after the Trump administration that detailed, sometimes painfully detailed, the chaos and dysfunction of Donald Trump as president.
He belongs back in office about as much as you do.
We all lived through it, John.
We had a great economy, secure borders, fair trade deals and oh ya, a vaccine that the liar Fauci said couldn't be ready in 10 months.
He has to go a long way to equal the sexual abuse and harassment of women committed by Bubba Clinton.
Which Hillary tried to make excuses for by blaming the victims. And then there are the flight logs that showed Clinton was a frequent flyer on the Lolita Express.
Back then the message was we should judge Clinton only on his performance as president.
Because the writers of those books knew, with the total disrespect and dislike and might I say hate, for Donald Trump was SURE to get them book sales. If you think that all White Houses are rainbows, unicorns, and well oiled machines, you are surely sadly mistaken.
And no honor.
You should probably look through some of those books.
Ask Bob Woodward, no leftist by any means, if he thinks Trump should be allowed back into the White House.
I really don't give a shit what Bob Woodward thinks unless he had a room in the white house for four years and bird dogged Trump all day.................
People judged Trump on his performance as president in November 2020.
You forgot the cognitive mess may be guilty of doing the very same things that Democrats and leftists have been railing against Trump about! Including sexual harassment!
If it wasn't for the media and those with rampant TDS protecting Brandon he would be suffering the same legal fate as Trump.
Bob Woodward records on tape every interview he gets for his books. He interviewed many members of the Trump White House. He didnt make anything up and no one in the Trump white house disputed anything that was in the books. And its not just Woodward, there were many others.
Really?
They may have been making a judgement, but it wasn't on his performance as President.
Really?
Did they make anything up on Watergate?
Brandon is a traitor.
Vic, everyone is not the right wing fanatic you are. Donald Trump never hit 50% approval at any point in his political life. At least half the country disagreed with a lot of his policies and actions.
You sure you want to use Woodward- last I heard leftists had disowned him (which doesn't mean he is a conservative) after he pointed out how narcistic Obama was; and for outing his lies.
No conundrum for me as I refuse to vote for either one. I will vote 3rd party like I did the previous four elections.
C'mon. He was pure as the driven snow. /S
That behind the scenes shit is scary. I am surprised that they didn't label him as a racist which is probably a good reason there were not a pack of books written from the inside of the WH. Didn't want to be labeled.
Gee, and I got a ticket for simply disagreeing with such caracterizations. Could it be you, who are out in left field looking in? So to you, Joe Biden is simply another democrat administration just like all the others?
At least half the country disagreed with a lot of his policies and actions.
No John. The media whipped up all the anti-trump hysteria on a daily basis and let us never forget all the deep state treachery. All those unwaranted investigations, the Russia collusion hoax, the Pelosi faux impeachments and the Jan 6th Committee. Whoever didn't like Trump, disliked him for personal reasons or misconceptions.
What of the latest ABC Poll? What does it tell you, John?
Just wait, some party drone will come along any minute and tell you that you threw your vote away. and then complain about the choices the parties offer, it's insane. until we force them to give us better choices we will be stuck with a Pedophile like Joe and a narcissist like trump, the only way to do that is vote third party.
LOL. The more we hear from you, the more Newstalkers is a waste of time.
Feel free to join those who leave every other month or the one who has half the place on ignore.
Just don't pretend to be a friend to NT
Perrie prays every day that I dont leave.
Perrie prays every day that I dont leave.
Really?
Are you the straw that stirs the drink?
Remember what happens to those who think they are indespensible:
clue: the old wordsmith
The Rawstory?
Mitt Romney?
Why are Romney's views so important? That's the guy who allowed himself to be called "a fat cat" for an entire election. The epitome of an establishment Republican.
The very guy you would vote against in any election.
We have to have a bottom line for vile behavior. Trump crosses it every day. You are a person who will make excuses for every single thing he does in order to hope he can get back in office.
Mitt Romney does not make excuses for him.
Raw Story? Romney is quoted in the article, it doesnt matter if the quote was in Raw Story or the Wall St Journal.
My country and its way of life comes first.
Trump is a serial liar, a crook, a bigot, a cheat, a moron, and a traitor. What kind of "way of life" is that? I am completely serious.
If you defend Donald Trump you are disqualified to lecture anyone on "way of life" matters.
Need to learn to do better research John - if possible.
AND, he did it twice.
Poll: Trump approval rating hits 50 percent for first time in almost 2 years
President Trump received his highest approval rating since 2018 in a Hill-HarrisX poll released Tuesday.
Fifty percent of registered voters approved of Trump’s job performance, while 50 percent disapproved.
The last time his approval reached 50 percent or higher was August 2018, when he received 51 percent support.
And if you vote for Biden you must hate America.
Is Trump the Only United States President to Have …
Web Jun 30, 2022 · Trump is the only president not to register a 50% job approval rating at any point in his presidency since Gallup began measuring presidential job approval in 1938. Likewise, he is the only …
Who the hell are you to judge? The American way of life has not a fucking thing to do with Trump. That you let him ruin your everyday is of no consequence to ANYONE but you. Some of us decided to live our lives in spite of what you think to be bad times. They were some of the best times that I and mine can remember save the introduction of the "disease of mass destruction" from our friends across the pond.
Don't make me ask the question you and none of yours could EVER answer again.
Your obsession gets real fucking old.
[removed] If one used your logic, we could have Jeffery Dahmer as president and that it would be ok as long as he didnt personally make your individual life worse.
It's embarrassing to use such a question as a defense of of a liar, sex offender and traitor.
ask me
Gallup
How did Donald Trump's presidency negatively affect you and yours lives?
whatever.
Polling on the performance approval of presidents has been Gallup's thing for 85 years.
Unlike some, I don't give two shits about him personally. It is what got done while he was in office. Period. And you're stretching with the sex offender thing. Expected.
Its possible that President Charlie Manson would have "got things done" while he was in office too.
What kills me is that then people like you and Vic go out and try to lecture people on morality.
Bullshit.
1) his tax "cuts" I didn't really see a cut and then the fucking thing expired and now I owe more money every year
2) his handling of the pandemic. He should have shut down all travel coming into the country. Anybody who wanted to leave wasn't coming back in. The pandemic disrupted my life. I had to wear that freaking uncomfortable mask and it was a chore getting in the building every morning for work
3) the hate and anger that just spewed forth when that man got elected...and I'm not just talking about him...I'm talking about the crap I had to listen to every day from people that kept that shit inside until they got a pass to let it all out. The daily hate I heard was uncomfortable but was I supposed to tell people to shut up I didn't want to hear it? Not in my neck of the woods
4) The economy went sour when the pandemic reared its ugly head. Supply chains were disrupted and prices went up. Better handling might have helped
5) The stupid shit that came out of his mouth about the pandemic...and then I have to explain to my intelligent husband why he must not listen to that goon. It caused a lot of fights
what did he get done? Y'all talk like he was Hercules and cleaned the Aegean stables
JUST WHAT THE FUCK DID HE GET DONE????????
Good comments TG.
Yet you staunchly defend Biden so what makes you any different?
Last I saw, they don't expire until 2025. Might want to check your withholding.
Memory problem? He did only to hear what a xenophobic person and racist he was from those that didn't like the fact he was doing it. Short memories aren't his fault.
You didn't have to listen and yes, you could have told them not to talk about it. THAT is a personal problem that one of your stature and standing should be able to tolerate seeing you in action here on an anonymous site
The pandemic didn't come from Trump. We all know where it came from and it was there that didn't stop it from spreading. Hell it was during some festival or something and they let people go back to at least Italy to go back to work in the fashion industry.
Again, you were obviously speaking to a brick wall and should have known it. You were trying, as you and others do every day on this forum, to try to change his stripes. You are surely smart enough to know it wouldn't work and more than likely reinforced his resolve. Again sounds as though you have a you problem.
Have a good one.
You are assuming that Biden is as bad as Trump , which is an insane assertion.
Yep, all at once it was okay to reveal all the hatred, bigotry, racism, phobias and misogyny that people had kept in check for so many years. When trump came along it created a free-for-all.
I assume nothing. I know because I am not blinded by partisan blindfolds.
By the way, nice try deflecting to keep from answering my question.
Didn't the left call him Xenophobic when he placed a travel ban on China? fucking hypocrites.
Lol. It's amazing how easily the constant panic mongering and repetition by the media can create a moral panic among progressives. They throw their own lived experience out the window and just believe things because they are told they exist. By any measurable standard, Americans are much more tolerant on these issues than they ever have been in the past. The better things get, the more hysterical the left is.
Gielead is here! Now excuse me while I go to a biracial homosexual wedding.
The new "genocide" is pushing back against mutilating and castrating minors. Think about where we were 30 years ago on these subjects and then tell us how much worse it is.
I have as much withholding that I can take out and still pay my bills.
Would you tell your friend up there to leave me the fuck alone? He knows he's on ignore but won't stop pestering me. And if that doesn't work tell to him to fuck off for me? Thanks so much
Would not be the first time I was told that.
Actually, no they are not. I have people on ignore that routinely throw comments at me with zero consequences to them. The only time it is is if there is a contact block in place between two people.
Once a sex offender always a sex offender says the FBI.
Yep, Clinton is most likely still at it.
At the age of 76? God bless him.
Does that include pedophiles like Joe?
Npw that it has been shown that conviction a possible - I certainly didn't think it was - Trump's victims may be more willing to come forward.
Hell yes. All they have to do now is read the transcript of the trial and voila! The script is written and may only need little tweaks here and there to get a YUGE payday. It's about the money..........
Yeah, I was assaulted at some indefinite time I can't remember about 30 years ago. Prove I wasn't.
Statutes of limitations were created for a reason. Shame they are being tossed out the window.
E. Jean Carroll didn't need the money.
The jury, majority men found that she was assaulted and defamed. They wasted no time doing so and it was unanimous, a damning indictment in and of itself.
Didn't say SHE did. It's the up and comers I was referring to. Like Stormy and the other Playboy birthing person
Yeah, maybe give that a try.
LOL! Just look at NT to see that that won't work
You should make that your avatar.
Are you implying that you will stay with Trump?
I'm saying that democrats have made him a martyr. Why are they doing it?
Thus, the ABC Poll.
We both agreed that he can't win.
Of course he will stay with Trump. If Trump's name is on the ballot, Vic is in.
I wouldnt even bother asking him questions you are not going to get a straight answer to.
I agree that the Ds have made him a martyr with the MAGA crowd.
And if intentional (for some it is), the reason obviously is to try to get him to be the GOP nominee.
And the GOP stupidly has allowed this to happen. Because those who do not want Trump as the nominee are still not lifting a finger to fight his advancement and —worse— are claiming they will vote for him if nominated.
They may be waiting for the smoke to clear with all the pending litigation and they can use that as a tool to negate him.
The GOP has failed to distance itself from Trump since his Big Lie campaign. If they were going to 'negate him', they would have done so well before the litigation started. And the litigation will likely continue for the foreseeable future so they will be waiting for quite a long time.
eeewwww, where's the vomit emoji ???
this guy looks like he has a migraine. will this work?