By now you‘ve 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 it’s okay for “stars” to sexually assault people, the outcome felt monumental. And by the way, if you’re wondering whether Trump—now a certified sexual predator—refrained from behaving inappropriately with women while he was serving as president, the answer is: Of course he didn’t.
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.”
“You brought to Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, or other chiefs of staff, incidents that you witnessed of Donald Trump behaving inappropriately with women?” Tapper asked.
“I did as well as former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and others,” Farah Griffin said. “Nothing that rises to [E. Jean Carroll] level but things that I would consider improper and that I had a duty to report.”
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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 wasn’t 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 isn’t good sir,’ and you know Donald Trump will do what Donald Trump wants to do…when you’re dealing with the president of the United States, again, there’s no HR group or HR representative to go to, to talk to about these kinds of things.”
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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.”
In other news re: Trump and yesterday’s verdict, members of the Republican Party have, not surprisingly, lined up to shamelessly defend the guy. Marco Rubio declared, “The whole case is a joke,” while Senator Tommy Tuberville, last seen trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election, said the outcome “makes me want to vote for him twice.”
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