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How Many Women Have to Accuse Donald Trump of Sexual Assault Before He’s Held Accountable?

An astounding 43 new allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump are featured in the upcoming book All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator by journalists Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy. Twenty-six of those 43 allegations entail instances of unwanted touching by Trump, according to an exclusive excerpt published by Esquire.

The passage details an allegation by a new accuser named Karen Johnson, whose story is sadly familiar to anyone who has paid attention to the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Trump since his 2016 presidential run. According to Johnson, the incident occurred at Mar-a-Lago in the early aughts, shortly before the then-reality show host proposed to Melania Trump.

Johnson claims in the book, which hits stores October 22, that she was assaulted by Trump at a New Year’s Eve bash held at his Florida club.

From the excerpt:

At the New Year’s Eve party, Johnson, wearing a black Versace dress, danced with her friends. Shortly after glittering balloons fell from the ceiling at the stroke of midnight, her husband said he wasn’t feeling well and the relative was ready to go. Johnson decided to make a quick trip to the restroom before they headed home. “I hadn’t seen [Trump] that whole entire night,” said Johnson, who was in her late thirties at the time. “I was just walking to the bathroom. I was grabbed and pulled behind a tapestry, and it was him. And I’m a tall girl and I had six-inch heels on, and I still remember looking up at him. And he’s strong, and he just kissed me,” she recounted to us. “I was so scared because of who he was… I don’t even know where it came from. I didn’t have a say in the matter.”

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by Anonymousreply 45May 8, 2020 4:28 AM

Johnson alleges Trump harassed her after the incident by constantly calling her and trying to pressure her into meeting with him, even insisting on sending private planes to pick her up when they were in different cities. Johnson says she rebuffed him by insisting that she had to take care of her terminally ill husband, who had multiple sclerosis. But Trump was undeterred and kept calling. Johnson says she never returned to Mar-a-Lago.

Years later, Johnson says she was shocked to hear the leaked Access Hollywood tape because Trump was boasting about things she says he had done to her.

“When he says that thing, ‘Grab them in the pussy,’ that hits me hard because when he grabbed me and pulled me into the tapestry, that’s where he grabbed me—he grabbed me there in my front and pulled me in,” Johnson says in the book.

Johnson wasn’t the only accuser struck by Trump’s notorious “grab ‘em by the pussy” remark and his subsequent denial during the second presidential debate of ever doing so. Trump accuser Jessica Leeds recalled being particularly enraged that the mogul denied ever sexually assaulting anyone because the remark essentially describes what she claims he did to her on an airplane in the late ’70s.

“I wanted to punch the screen,” Leeds told The New York Times in October 2016. According to Leeds, Trump raised an armrest separating them on a first-class flight and then put his hand up her skirt. “He was like an octopus,” Leeds said. “His hands were everywhere … It was an assault.”

People writer Natasha Stoynoff then came forward to allege that Trump had shoved her against a wall and forcefully kissed her when Melania had momentarily stepped away while the journalist was profiling the then-newlyweds. Like Johnson’s, the alleged attack took place at Mar-a-Lago. And like Johnson, the incident took her completely by surprise.

“I turned around, and within seconds, he was pushing me against the wall, and forcing his tongue down my throat,” Stoynoff wrote in a first-person account for People. “Now, I’m a tall, strapping girl who grew up wrestling two giant brothers. I even once sparred with Mike Tyson. It takes a lot to push me. But Trump is much bigger—a looming figure—and he was fast, taking me by surprise and throwing me off balance. I was stunned.”

Several other women, including former Trump Organization employee Rachel Crooks and former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, have accused Trump of forcibly kissing them. Earlier this year, famed writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her when they were alone in a department store dressing room in the ’90s.

The stories don’t differ much, but they bear repeating: The women interact with Trump in a business or social setting, and the minute they happen to be alone with him, he surprises them by allegedly physically overpowering them. The accusations paint a portrait of an alleged serial predator who feels entitled to violate anyone in arm’s reach in any way he sees fit.

Trump has repeatedly denied all claims of sexual assault. The White House has not yet responded to a request for comment.

How many women have to speak up before an alleged predator is held accountable? It took at least 20 before Harvey Weinstein was charged, and 50 years before Bill Cosby had to face the music. But when you’re the most powerful man in the world, credible accusations from dozens of women don’t even seem to move the needle.

by Anonymousreply 1April 28, 2020 2:09 PM

Many many people.

by Anonymousreply 2April 28, 2020 2:10 PM

To his brain-damaged minions, It wouldn't matter how many. They'd always justify it, somehow.

by Anonymousreply 3April 28, 2020 2:12 PM

There shouldn't be a statute of limitations on rape.

by Anonymousreply 4April 28, 2020 2:13 PM

That grab 'em remark should have ended his campaign right then, but Christians didn't give a shit.

by Anonymousreply 5April 28, 2020 2:15 PM

Tells you all you need to know about Christians.

by Anonymousreply 6April 28, 2020 2:16 PM

...........

by Anonymousreply 7April 28, 2020 3:02 PM

Why aren't the Q Anon wackjobs more upset about Donnie Two Scoops raping a 13 year old girl? Surely, their concern about pedophilia is genuine, right? And they're really concerned about the thousands of children who have been sexually assaulted in Trump's concentration camp border cages, right?

by Anonymousreply 8April 28, 2020 3:09 PM

Rapist

by Anonymousreply 9April 28, 2020 4:47 PM

This is why the current Republican smear campaign against Biden is such a fucking joke.

You have a sexual predator/serial rapist sitting in the Oval Office (and another one sitting on the Supreme Court), but Joe Biden touched a woman 20 years ago and its an unpardonable crime.

by Anonymousreply 10April 28, 2020 4:53 PM

Xxxxx

by Anonymousreply 11April 28, 2020 10:52 PM

serial rapist

by Anonymousreply 12April 29, 2020 4:15 PM

Indeed, how many?

by Anonymousreply 13April 29, 2020 11:20 PM

trump is projecting crimes onto others

by Anonymousreply 14April 29, 2020 11:58 PM

Why don't the trolls respond to these threads?

by Anonymousreply 15April 30, 2020 12:14 AM

Unless these women said NO and walked away and immediately pressed charges, then I don’t believe them. Waiting 20 years to claim assault doesn’t look good. Also, you can’t rape the willing. .

by Anonymousreply 16April 30, 2020 12:25 AM

lol and there you graveyard shift Oleg

by Anonymousreply 17April 30, 2020 12:26 AM

kkkkkkk

by Anonymousreply 18April 30, 2020 12:35 AM

Can’t rape the willing? What are you some kind of fucking Neanderthal? I’m sure that’s EXACTLY the way the orange shithead thinks.

by Anonymousreply 19April 30, 2020 1:33 AM

Donald J. Trump is a rapist.

by Anonymousreply 20April 30, 2020 3:56 PM

The real story.

by Anonymousreply 21April 30, 2020 4:01 PM

Donald J. Trump is a serial sexual predator.

by Anonymousreply 22April 30, 2020 4:10 PM

Rapist

by Anonymousreply 23April 30, 2020 4:18 PM

Xxxxxx

by Anonymousreply 24April 30, 2020 4:25 PM

Donald Trump is a rapist.

by Anonymousreply 25April 30, 2020 4:29 PM

00000

by Anonymousreply 26April 30, 2020 4:35 PM

Putin is attempting Whataboutism with the Biden slander.

by Anonymousreply 27May 1, 2020 2:05 PM

How many women have to accuse Trump of sexual assault before he’s held accountable?

Richard, I’m going to go with 165 million.

Good answer! Good answer!

For the money, is 165 million up there??

BUZZZZZZZ

Audience, what’s the number one answer?

Never!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 28May 1, 2020 2:14 PM

rapist

by Anonymousreply 29May 2, 2020 7:25 PM

Christofacists have never and will never care about women because they are (to them) baby machines who clean their houses. They’re also afraid of women, gay people and obsessed with sex in general because they’re all, every one of them, to the person, abnormal creepy perverts. Cf, that bitch in Kentucky Kim whatever who’s been married 12 times, the Duggars and Mother and Son Pence.

by Anonymousreply 30May 2, 2020 8:08 PM

Why is Megyn Kelly interviewing these women?

by Anonymousreply 31May 7, 2020 10:33 PM

Who cares? The Democrats are saying ‘so what’ about the Biden sexual assault allegations - to say nothing of the videos where he’s pawing away at women and sniffing children.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans give one shit about women. It’s all about political point scoring. So why should I care?

by Anonymousreply 32May 7, 2020 10:36 PM

Well some of them invited him.

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by Anonymousreply 33May 7, 2020 10:48 PM

Future generations will certainly WTF?!? that this man was president of the United States. Deeply, criminally corrupt. Ethically and morally unfit and a sexual predator to top it all off.

That's quite a resume. I couldn't explain it because I can't understand it myself.

by Anonymousreply 34May 7, 2020 11:11 PM

Trump's right-wing supporters will never turn on him because of sexual misconduct, they never hold white men in authority responsible for sexual misbehavior or outright crimes. Their sexual values are as unfair and patriarchal as Saudi Arabia's, in their eyes the woman (or bottom, or anyone "other" involved) is always responsible for any sexual crime, they're blamed for being whores or for "tempting" the man who assaulted them, while the man who commits the assault is forgiven and excused. You see the same when any right-wing minister or politician is caught with his hand in the unwilling person.

He really is the worst humanity has to offer. Things have been so batshit lately, that I'm actually surprised some Secret Service agent hasn't had enough and shot him in the head.

by Anonymousreply 35May 7, 2020 11:13 PM

So, Everybody french kisses.

But Daddy says I'm the best at it!

I'm sure Ivanka has said this on occasion.

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by Anonymousreply 36May 7, 2020 11:18 PM

I don't know. I just wish his fetid, chapped li'l toadstool pee-pee would fall off and he'd die. Hopefully during one of his grotesque rallies.

by Anonymousreply 37May 7, 2020 11:21 PM

Ivana accused him of marital rape. She recanted, likely because she was paid off or received threats. The creep admits that he thinks it’s okay to grab a woman by her vag if you’re rich and famous. He will never be held accountable. Hopefully Rona comes for him.

by Anonymousreply 38May 7, 2020 11:27 PM

It's a passive-aggressive rape. He gets to defile you, humiliated you, punk your husband. Take away your free will, safety, self-esteem. But it's just a kiss- chill!

He's a rapist.

by Anonymousreply 39May 7, 2020 11:28 PM

It's not about the number of accusations - the real question is how many can proof anything they say? Anyone can make up stories and accusations. but proving these is a lot harder. this applies to both Trump and Biden and Franken or any other politician that's been accused. Can these accusations stand up in a court of law -- not the court of public opinion?

by Anonymousreply 40May 8, 2020 12:07 AM

Reasons why I am more inclined to believe Trump’s accusers:

1. Trump is on tape saying that he just grabs women by the pussy and starts kissing them without their permission.

2. Ivana said he raped her.

3. Trump always lies. If he says that he didn’t do something, then it means that he did do it, no exceptions.

by Anonymousreply 41May 8, 2020 3:11 AM

R27, Every single accusation, bar none, Trump and the Republicans make against Biden and the Democrats is a projection.

Very helpful and revealing of Republican "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Fox is the real "Fake News." Trump is the real sexual assaulter. Trump is the "human scum" who colluded with Russia over the election and Ukraine and whose offspring have made millions off his name. Trump deserves to be "locked up."

Trump is sleepy (Joe), crazy (Pelosi), psycho (Scarborough), etc.

by Anonymousreply 42May 8, 2020 3:33 AM

These women have nothing to gain and everything to lose by coming forward. It won't even affect his re-election, as it didn't in 2016.

But they all have similar stories: he jumps them and kisses and or gropes their crotches (or worse).

I wonder how many of his victims will never come forward. Would you?

by Anonymousreply 43May 8, 2020 3:35 AM

I remember very clearly around the time when the Epstein trial really blew up and there were connections being revealed between him and Trump, Trump was at a press conference and totally unprovoked said "I have never been to Epstein's island". And I said to myself "he's totally been there, probably many, many times over".

Sorry I don't remember exactly when this was or have a link to the audio. Guess I'm as bad as Tara Reade. But I remember very clearly him saying it.

by Anonymousreply 44May 8, 2020 4:13 AM

who the fuck are these people who believe in "accountability" as if its a court of law. We know what Donald Trump is. We know these women are telling the truth. That doesn't mean anything. There are no consequences for him. But there might be in the future for a Trump-like person who behaves like that. But those consequences would be more along the line of lawsuits and visits to police departments.

by Anonymousreply 45May 8, 2020 4:28 AM
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