ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said he is ‘not familiar’ with the Harvey Weinstein case when asked for his reaction to the former Hollywood producer being charged with rape and sex abuse Friday [5-25-18]. Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House that he didn’t ‘know anything about it,’ but added, ‘It’s really too bad. Really too bad.’ In October, when the flood of accusations from dozens of women began to come out against Weinstein, Trump told reporters at the time: ‘I’ve known Harvey Weinstein for a long time, I’m not at all surprised to see it.’ Weinstein turned himself in to authorities Friday morning and was arrested and processed on charges of rape, committing a criminal sex act, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct, according to the New York Police Department..Weinstein is also under investigation for alleged sex crimes in Los Angeles and London. Federal prosecutors in New York have started a sex crimes investigation involving him, according to The Wall Street Journal. The charges follow a flood of accusations against Weinstein that led women around the world to come forward with accounts of being sexually harassed by powerful men. His accusers welcomed the news as a sign that the tables were finally turning — not only on him but on other accused predators.”
-Allie Malloy, “Trump says he’s ‘not familiar’ with Weinstein case,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 25, 2018 10:47 am