Ex-Campaign Staffer Says Trump Tried to Kiss Her

[RandySF]

“A staffer on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally, an interaction that she alleges in a new lawsuit still causes her anguish,” the Washington Post reports.

“In interviews with The Washington Post, and in the lawsuit, Alva Johnson said Trump grabbed her hand and leaned in to kiss her on the lips as he exited an RV outside the rally in Tampa on Aug. 24, 2016. Johnson said she turned her head and the unwanted kiss landed on the side of her mouth, which she called ‘super-creepy and inappropriate.'”

Said Johnson: “I immediately felt violated because I wasn’t expecting it or wanting it. I can still see his lips coming straight for my face.”

Ronan Farrow notes the lawsuit is the latest challenge to Trump’s insistence on having staffers sign non-disclosure agreements.



https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/25/ex-campaign-staffer-says-trump-tried-to-kiss-her/

[femmocrat]

1. Such behavior (or even less than that) has cost "others" their jobs.

Just sayin’ .

[magicarpet]

2. Boy don't those NDAs come in handy,...

.... when you are such a fucking troll 24/7.

[Totally Tunsie]

6. He must carry a supply of NDAs in his suit jacket for availability

on a moment's notice. You just never know when you're going to see a p****you're going to want to grab or a staffer you want to kiss.

[jcgoldie]

3. unfortunately Trump has completely desensitized everyone to this

The evangelicals and all swallowed video evidence of "grab em by the pussy" why would any of them turn on him over a nonconsensual kiss?

[padah513]

10. My thoughts exactly

His base either won't care or won't believe it. I bet the media won't even pick it up

[samnsara]

4. ewww those lips have been on kims butt!

[DontBooVote]

5. "I can still see his lips coming straight for my face."

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Dear god,

if that came towards me, I would have permanent nightmares.

[llmart]

8. Just that picture will give me nightmares.

People who post that need to give a warning beforehand.

Gawd, he's a fookin' ugly creep.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. I'd have PTSD.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. Ugh! You're telling me. It's like a human lamprey.

.



.

[Texin]

19. God. No wonder Ms. Johnson still has "lasting anguish". I'd have to be institutionalized.

[The Truth Is Here]

25. Here comes the sledgehammer

[smirkymonkey]

28. For the love of god!

Please issue a warning before terrorizing us with that hideous face.

[duforsure]

9. Sounds like

A serial sexual predator with an addiction problem.

[Frances]

46. I agree he's a sex addict

Donald didn’t want to be addicted to alcohol the way his brother was so he substituted sex IMO

[Hekate]

48. It's a dominance problem, not an addiction problem. Malignant narcissism, sociopathy,...

It's been well-described before.

[CTAtheist]

11. She likely has PTSD

Post Trump Sexual Douchebaggery

[UCmeNdc]

13. No one will demand that Trump should resign. The GOP will only laugh at you for that request.

Democratic politicians are forced to resign. GOP politicians get a free pass. Why?

[Wounded Bear]

20. Because Jesus forgives them...

over and over again.

[malaise]

22. Don't expect this from the vile MAGAcretin

[keithbvadu2]

41. Ah have sinned - (send me money)

[malaise]

42. They prey on the gullible

It's a complete con industry - no wonder they get along so well with the vile MAGAcretin.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Kick this one.

[tinrobot]

16. "I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait...

...And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything"

[aeromanKC]

17. And Franken was forced to resign over an awkward arm around the waist..??

Actual sexual assault sounds a little worse to me.

[oldsoftie]

18. Shhhhhhhh! We're only allowed to punish anyone & everyone ELSE who does this.

trump gets a pass on everything!

[jayschool2013]

21. That's a Washington Post and a New Yorker story

If you're able to afford the subscription, here's the link that will give credit to the journalists who did the actual work in reporting the story, not just "curating" it.

And here's Ronan Farrow's story if you have a New Yorker subscription.

[struggle4progress]

23. White House denies charge

By Beth Reinhard and
Alice Crites February 25 at 9:01 AM

... Johnson said she told her boyfriend, mother and stepfather about the incident later that day, an account all three confirmed to The Post. Two months later, Johnson consulted a Florida attorney about the unwanted kiss; he gave The Post text messages showing that he considered her “credible” but did not take her case for business reasons. The attorney gave Johnson the name of a therapist, whose notes, which The Post reviewed, reference an unspecified event during the campaign that had left her distraught.

In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed Johnson’s allegation as “absurd on its face.”

“This never happened and is directly contradicted by multiple highly credible eye witness accounts,” she wrote.

Two Trump supporters that Johnson identified as witnesses — a campaign official and Pam Bondi, then the Florida attorney general — denied seeing the alleged kiss in interviews with The Post ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/former-campaign-staffer-alleges-in-lawsuit-that-trump-kissed-her-without-her-consent-the-white-house-denies-the-charge/2019/02/25/fe1869a4-3498-11e9-946a-115a5932c45b_story.html?utm_term=.37666edadc41

[keithbvadu2]

43. Would Sarah Huck sue Donald for sexual non-harassment?

Would Sarah Huck sue Donald for sexual non-harassment?
.

[struggle4progress]

24. Latest challenge to Trump's nondisclosure agreements

By Ronan Farrow 9:08 A.M.

A staff member of Donald Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida on Monday, alleging that she experienced “racial and gender discrimination” while working for the campaign, that she was paid less than male and white colleagues, and that Trump once kissed her partially on the mouth, without her consent ... Four people said that the campaign worker, Alva Johnson, told them about the incident afterward, but two other people, who Johnson said were present at the time of the kiss, told me that they did not see it. In a statement, Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, denied that it had taken place.

The most legally significant aspect of Johnson’s suit may ultimately be something the complaint does not explicitly address: the pervasive use of nondisclosure agreements by Trump during his campaign and in his Administration. Johnson’s suit is at least the sixth legal case in which Trump campaign or Administration employees have defied their nondisclosure agreements ... Johnson’s attorney, Hassan Zavareei, said, “We expect that Trump will try to use the unconscionable N.D.A. and forced arbitration agreement to silence Ms. Johnson. We will fight this strong-arm tactic.”

The White House referred questions about the nondisclosure agreements to Michael Glassner, the chief operating officer of Trump’s reëlection campaign. He said in a statement, “The campaign takes our NDA agreements very seriously, and will enforce them aggressively if they are breached” ... “I am suing because my work holds the same value as the work of my white male counterparts,” Johnson said, in an interview. “I am suing because this predatory behavior should not be minimized, especially when committed by the most powerful man in the world” ...

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-lawsuit-by-a-campaign-worker-is-the-latest-challenge-to-trumps-nondisclosure-agreements

[moreland01]

26. He can't help it!

He's rich so they let him. Poor guy.

[keepFocused06]

27. Be skeptical

Something about this doesn't seem right. This could be a trap. Hopefull the media won't hype this up.

[jmbar2]

29. Completely agree

He is setting up the media to be discounted ahead of bad Mueller news.

[hughee99]

37. It sounds like a GOP opportunity to whip up Dems against this

And then when everyone is sufficiently outraged, have the girl recant and ask about Justin Fairfax.

[RhodeIslandOne]

30. Women have said he did far worse and were ignored

And they didn't work for the asshole after it was proven what an absolute shit human being he was.

[Achilleaze]

31. The republican family-values role model* is a total pig

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[rusty fender]

32. And she has the physical proof!

Orange smudges on her collar

[RockRaven]

33. just the thought of that is gross, gross, gross.

Barfy McBarfface.

[Blue Owl]

34. ATTN Kristin Gillibrand...

Will you be publicly calling for Trump's resignation anytime soon???

[Pachamama]

35. +100000

I will be interested to see what she does....

[crazytown]

39. Yeah. Where's Gillibrand?

[IluvPitties]

45. She was on Fox News tonight. No kidding.

][link:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gillibrand-defends-green-new-deal-calls-climate-change-greatest-threat-to-humanity-we-have|

[calimary]

36. Eeeeeuuuuuuw!

[Kingofalldems]

38. Kick this one.

[JonLP24]

40. K&R

[IluvPitties]

44. This is coming out on the week Cohen will testify.

Sound like BS.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

47. Hmmpf, wingnuts will say, Well, he wasn't president yet."

Which is an amazingly poor justification for his behavior.