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By now youve likely heard the news that on Tuesday, Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing (and defaming) writer E. Jean Carroll, and was ordered to pay her $5 million. Given that Trump has spent decades evading and all repercussions for his actions; has been accused by more than two dozen women of sexual misconduct (he has denied all allegations); and literally claimed on tape that its okay for stars to sexually assault people, the outcome felt monumental. And by the way, if youre wondering whether Trumpnow a certified sexual predatorrefrained from behaving inappropriately with women while he was serving as president, the answer is: Of course he didnt.
Speaking to CNN, Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House director of strategic communications and assistant to the president, told host Jake Tapper: I have countless pieces 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.cont
Incidentally, Stephanie Grisham also appeared on CNN on Tuesday, and she told anchor Erin Burnett: There was specific staffer
that [Trump] would request for her to be on constant trips when it wasnt her turn
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. And I wrote about this in my book so this is nothing new for me to be saying publicly
I sat down and talked to her at one point asked her if she was uncomfortable. I tried everything I could to ensure she was never alone with him. I did take it to a couple different chiefs of staff including Mark Meadows
at the end of the day what could they do other than go in there and say, This isnt good sir, and you know Donald Trump will do what Donald Trump wants to do
when youre dealing with the president of the United States, again, theres no HR group or HR representative to go to, to talk to about these kinds of things.
Grisham added: With this one staffer it was really bad, to the point that I was extremely uncomfortable
every senior staff member knew it
it happened with her a lot. I did everything I could to keep her off of trips actually and to stay with her if she was alone because I was really nervous about what could happen.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/donald-trump-inappropriate-with-women-in-white-house
sheshe2
(83,883 posts)soldierant
(6,921 posts)"Who did not know this?"
But that's no reason not to spread it. If not reminded, people will forget.
onecaliberal
(32,893 posts)Cha
(297,618 posts)got him busted for $5 Mil.
She spoke for all those women abused by DT.
Me.
(35,454 posts)the money must be real good
RockRaven
(14,992 posts)Spare me the bullshit about your valiant efforts to protect victims, Stephanie. You could have left and spoken out at any time while it was happening. That would have done more to curtail the abuse than shuffling people around. That sounds like a very familiar strategy (Catholic Church, other churches/schools, Boy Scouts, Hollywood), which serves to cover up abuse and leads to its persistence.
malaise
(269,157 posts)That is all
Hekate
(90,788 posts)dflprincess
(28,082 posts)Almost to the end.
maxrandb
(15,350 posts)You know I am not wrong.
It's one way to get suburban white women to stop voting for him.
It's not enough to convince them he's a sexual abuser. That won't change their vote. You need to convince them that it's not their p×*#y he wants to grab.