Tag Archives: Pussygate

USA Today reports: Billy Bush has been cut from NBC’s Today show for his role in Donald Trump’s lewd talk about women in a 2005 hot-mic tape. Settlement details were not immediately disclosed. The end came Monday afternoon after the network spent over a week negotiating the terms of departure with Bush and his crisis lawyer, which followed internal discussion …

CNN reports: Melania Trump says her husband was “egged on” in the 2005 tape in which he made lewd comments about his own sexually aggressive behavior toward women — remarks she says were “boy talk.” “I said to my husband that, you know, the language was inappropriate. It’s not acceptable. And I was surprised, because that is not the man …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump has generally had a pretty good sense of humor about how “Saturday Night Live” has portrayed him — even when it has been hugely unflattering. He didn’t even have much to say when SNL called his supporters racist multiple times on the same show, for example. But no more. After this weekend’s show, SNL …

From the New York Daily News: Donald Trump — the would-be whiner-in-chief — unleashed a bizarre accusation on Saturday, saying Hillary Clinton was “pumped up” during their last presidential debate and that both candidates should take drug tests before their next showdown. And, in a familiar refrain, the Republican nominee claimed the election was rigged against him, as the number …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump said today a drug test should be performed on the two candidates before the third and final presidential debate, implying that his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton may be on drugs. “I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate. I do,” Trump said at a midday rally at a car dealership. “We …

The Palm Beach Post reports: Mindy McGillivray of Palm Springs said she is planning to leave the United States because she fears for her family’s safety since she publicly accused Donald Trump earlier this week of groping her in 2003. “We feel the backlash of the Trump supporters. It scares us. It intimidates us. We are in fear of our …

ABC News reports: With sexual assault accusations against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continuing to make headlines, the sexual assault hotline run by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) has seen a spike in calls. Starting last Saturday, RAINN officials said their live chat helpline saw an increase in use of 33 percent, and in recent days, calls …

Politico reports: Donald Trump, reeling from a steady emergence of new female accusers, kicked off his Saturday by lashing out at the media and “Crooked Hillary” for trying to “poison the minds” of voters with claims that Trump has a long history of forcing himself on women. The Republican nominee fired off two tweets before 8 a.m. – using the …

Speaking a North Carolina rally just now, Donald Trump for the third time declared that his accusers are too ugly to rape. Referring to the woman who claims Trump groped her on a plane, he said, “Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you.” Trump also took a shot at Hillary Clinton’s figure, saying, …

TIME reports: House Speaker Paul Ryan just talked to college Republicans about the 2016 election without mentioning Donald Trump’s name a single time. In a 20-minute speech in Madison, Wis., the nation’s top ranking Republican made only glancing references to the nominee of his own party, noted that he “doesn’t blame” voters who want to sit out the election and …

ANOTHER ONE. The Washington Post reports: Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear. Anderson shoved the hand away, …

Fortune reports: Donald Trump has reportedly decided who is to blame for the wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations that have battered his campaign in recent days. The Republican presidential candidate plans to say that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is working in cahoots with the Hillary Clinton campaign to produce the sexual assault and harassment stories that have appeared …

Politico reports: Mike Pence is standing firmly with Donald Trump, blasting the media Thursday for airing explosive accusations of sexual misconduct by his running mate. The Republican vice presidential nominee slammed reporters for spending so much time on “unsubstantiated allegations against my running mate, allegations that he has categorically denied,” rather than focusing on “the corruption and the deceit of …

CBS News reports: Melania Trump says portions of a People Magazine story alleging a sexual assault by her husband are “false and completely fictionalized.” She is demanding a retraction and apology and threatening to sue the publication. The story was a first-person account by Natasha Stoynoff of an interview she did with Donald and Melania Trump at their home in …

Vox reports: At a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Trump fired back against the accusations from women that he had sexually assaulted them. He said the New York Times story claiming he had assaulted a woman on an airplane was a “totally fabricated and false story.” He seemed to imply that a People magazine reporter who accused him …

Early this afternoon Fox News host Lou Dobbs spawned a firestorm of criticism after he retweeted the home address and phone number of one of Trump’s accusers. Just now Dobbs tweeted the above apology with a #MAGA nod to Trump and a link to Politico‘s story about the controversy. At this writing Fox News has not responded to media inquiries …

Politico reports: Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday dismissed accusations that his father had repeatedly groped women as “probably a typical New York Times smear campaign” and asserted that the Republican nominee’s 2005 comments bragging about sexual assault make him “a human.” Responding to a Times report on two women who came forward to accuse Donald Trump of unwanted sexual advances, …

Yesterday afternoon and again today at his rally in West Palm Beach, Donald Trump vowed to sue the New York Times for publishing the accounts of two women who say they were victims of his unwanted sexual advances. Today the Times fires back with a taunting letter in which they say they’d “welcome” the chance to battle Trump in court. …

NPR reports: First Lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing, lengthy speech Thursday, hammering Donald Trump for vulgar comments he has made about women. Campaigning for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, Obama also addressed new allegations that Trump inappropriately touched women. “It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn’t have predicted,” Obama said about Trump’s comments, …

Business Insider reports: Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Thursday posted the purported phone number and address belonging to one of the women who has accused Donald Trump of unwanted sexual contact. Dobbs, a fierce Trump supporter, retweeted an individual who had posted the purported information of Jessica Leeds. The 74-year-old woman alleged on Wednesday that decades ago Trump groped …