7/17/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump has been playing down his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier under federal indictment on charges of sexually trafficking and abusing girls, but at least one night they shared together in the company of dozens of N.F.L. cheerleaders was documented on camera. A newly unearthed video from […]

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7/9/2019

CABINET/LABOR/LEGAL/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [7-9-19] that he feels ‘very badly’ for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, as the embattled Cabinet official faces an onslaught of calls by Democratic lawmakers to resign for his role in brokering financier Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal on sex abuse charges…Last year, former press secretary […]

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7/9/2019

CABINET/LABOR/LEGAL/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE “Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta on Tuesday [7-9-19] faced fresh calls to resign, and rising pressure from inside the Trump administration, over his role in brokering a lenient plea deal over sex crimes for the New York financier Jeffrey E. Epstein as a federal prosecutor in Miami more than a decade ago. […]

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7/9/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump’s members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment, the only guests were Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. The year was 1992 and the event […]

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7/3/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/KAMALA HARRIS/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Kamala Harris on Wednesday [7-3-19] debuted a new line of attack against President Donald Trump, saying that her background as a prosecutor made her uniquely suited to take on ‘a predator’ like the president. At an Iowa event, during a riff on  Trump’s trade and health care policies and his […]

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6/25/2019

GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Two Republican senators said Tuesday [6-25-19] the rape allegation made against President Donald Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll should be explored to determine the veracity of the allegation against the President — even as many Senate Republicans sidestepped questions over the matter and defended Trump. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa […]

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6/25/2019

GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Republicans believe Donald Trump. They’re not so sure about the woman. The president’s GOP allies in Congress are moving swiftly to dismiss new allegations of rape against him, arguing journalist E. Jean Carroll is eager to promote her new book and that Trump’s denial of the alleged attack is credible…The latest […]

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6/24/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Monday [6-24-19] again denied assaulting a columnist for Elle magazine in the dressing room of a high-end clothing store more than 20 years ago, countering her explosive accusation by asserting  that he would not have assaulted her because ‘she’s not my type.’ Mr. Trump said that E. Jean […]

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6/21/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-21-19] rejected an allegation by journalist E. Jean Carroll that he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s. Carroll, a high-profile advice columnist, said she met Trump at Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s when the then-real estate mogul was still […]

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6/21/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s in her forthcoming book. In ‘What Do We Need Men For?,’ her account of being harassed and mistreated by a series of men, which St. Martin’s Press is expected to publish next month, Ms. Carroll, […]

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6/20/2019

ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roy S. Moore, the polarizing Alabama Republican who lost a Senate campaign in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct, said on Thursday that he would seek a rematch in next year’s election. His decision was an unsurprising act of defiance against many of his party’s national leaders, including President Trump, who […]

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6/14/2019

LAWSUIT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in which a former campaign staffer accused President Donald Trump of kissing her against her will and alleged that Trump’s presidential bid engaged in pay discrimination against female and African American employees. Alva Johnson’s claim she was ‘forcibly kissed’ by Trump at an August […]

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3/14/2019

LAWSUIT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A divided New York appeals panel has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss or stall a lawsuit brought by a former ‘Apprentice’ contestant who claims Trump sexually assaulted her a decade ago. The appellate panel voted 3-2 to deny Trump’s bid to head off the suit from Summer Zervos, who […]

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3/14/2019

COURTS/LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York appeals court on Thursday [3-14-19] rejected President Trump’s argument that the Constitution makes him immune from state lawsuits, clearing the way for a defamation suit from a former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ who has said Mr. Trump groped her. The five-judge panel in Manhattan ruled that Summer […]

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3/1/2019

CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEX ABUSE: “Until recently, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was probably one of President Donald Trump’s least controversial Cabinet members. But now he is facing rising pressure over his handling of a sex offender case involving a well-connected billionaire. On February 21, a federal judge ruled that Miami prosecutors, led by then-US Attorney Acosta, broke […]

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2/26/2019

CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday [2-26-19] by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch. In addition,1,303 complaints were reported to the Justice Department during that same time frame, according to […]

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2/25/2019

2016 ELECTION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A woman who worked on Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign sued him in federal court on Monday [2-25-19], alleging that he forcibly kissed her at a campaign event in Florida months before the election. In the lawsuit, the woman, Alva Johnson, who is black, also accused the president’s campaign […]

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1/13/2019

BORDER/CHILDREN/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of illegal aliens who have committed sexual crimes against children are right now in Texas prisons. Most came through our Southern Border. We can end this easily – We need a Steel Barrier or Wall. Walls Work! John Jones, Texas Department of Public Safety. @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, […]

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11/15/2018

SEX ABUSE/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is taking a closer look at sexual harassment happening in the sky. On Thursday [11-15-18], Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the creation of a National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force, which will ‘review current practices, protocols and requirements of U.S. airlines in responding to and […]

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10/30/2018

FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia’s attempts to influence the U.S. election in 2016…Jack Burkman, a Washington lawyer and Republican operative, told Reuters he […]

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10/23/2018

CRIME/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “A man charged with groping a woman aboard a plane, who after being arrested cited U.S. President Donald Trump’s past statements about women, appeared in federal court in New Mexico on Tuesday [10-23-18]. Bruce Alexander, 49, was arrested after a woman on Sunday accused him of twice grabbing her breast as they […]

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10/10/2018

GOP/ME TOO/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] night, citing the ‘rules of MeToo’ as the reason he wasn’t ‘allowed’ to use an expression. When talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, ‘Pennsylvania hasn’t been won for […]

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10/10/2018

ME TOO/MELANIA/SEX ABUSE: “First lady Melania Trump says women who make accusations of sexual abuse ‘need to be heard’ and supported, but so do men. She says when there are accusations there needs to be ‘really hard evidence’ and accusers should ‘show the evidence.’ Mrs. Trump was interviewed on her Kenya trip by ABC, which […]

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10/9/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling President Donald Trump’s attack on her handling of an allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ‘ridiculous and an embarrassment.’ The ranking member of the Judiciary Committee is again denying she breached the confidence of Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump apologized to Brett Kavanaugh and claimed that he was ‘proven innocent’ of multiple sexual misconduct allegations during an elaborate swearing-in ceremony for the new Supreme Court justice…Those statements from the president were his second attempt of the day to discredit Kavanaugh’s accusers, including Christine Blasey Ford, […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump apologized to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for ‘the terrible pain and suffering’ he and his family were ‘forced to endure’ during his confirmation process, at a ceremonial swearing-in event at the White House on Monday [10-8-18] evening…Earlier Monday, Trump claimed the accusations against Kavanaugh were […]

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10/8/2018

ELECTION/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “On a recent evening in the suburbs of Los Angeles, two dozen women gathered to talk about sexual assault. They did so at the campaign office of Katie Hill, a Democrat running in a district that has been held by Republicans for more than two decades, and amid the drama […]

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10/06/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was looking forward to a Senate confirmation vote on his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday [10-6-18] and said the conservative judge would do a ‘great, great’ job on the court. The embattled Kavanaugh was poised to win Senate confirmation later on […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Friday [10-5-18] assailed the women who protested his embattled Supreme Court nominee by confronting senators in elevators, claiming that they had been paid and were only trying to make the lawmakers ‘look bad.’ Two women approached Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, inside an elevator last […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] attempted to undermine the legitimacy and motivation of thousands of demonstrators on Capitol Hill protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying demonstrations are funded by George Soros, a billionaire financier and liberal donor who is the frequent topic of unsubstantiated right-wing conspiracy […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-3-18] declared that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ‘totally uncorroborated’ and will possibly benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms…The tweet came as senators were set to begin reviewing the results of an FBI investigation into the allegations […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday [10-4-18] arguing he is an ‘independent, impartial judge’ and conceding he ‘might have been too emotional’ in his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week…Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-4-18] following the completion of an FBI investigation of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the sexual assault allegations against him were ‘totally uncorroborated.’ Trump said in a Twitter post that Kavanaugh had been subjected to ‘harsh and unfair treatment’ and […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators will be able to start reading the FBI investigation summaries into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [10-4-18] morning, Senate sources told CNN. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is expected to read the summaries first, followed by the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. […]

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10/3/2018

GOP/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “For more than two weeks he held back. Against all his instincts, President Trump for the most part resisted directly attacking the woman whose sexual assault allegation has jeopardized his Supreme Court nomination. The accuser was to be treated with kid gloves, like ‘a Fabergé egg,’ as one adviser put […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans have tried to walk a precarious line in recent weeks, expressing sympathy and support for victims of sexual assault, like Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, while at the same time suggesting that the #MeToo movement has become a partisan weapon. The nuanced approach has crashed head on into a […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sen. Joe Manchin praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend in a private telephone call, thanking the president for supporting an FBI investigation and his relative public restraint. The West Virginia Democrat, one of five remaining undecided senators, had […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a letter written in 1983, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh describes himself and his friends as ‘loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers’ — a stark contrast to the image Kavanaugh painted of himself during his testimony before the Senate last week. The letter, which was published by The New […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. Two sources told CNN on Tuesday that more interviews are happening with a focus on other Kavanaugh high school friends […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump shifted his tone on Tuesday [10-2-18] evening and launched into his fiercest attack yet against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor whose allegation of sexual assault by Judge Brett Kavanaugh kick-started the FBI’s weeklong investigation of the Supreme Court nominee. During an extended sequence at his […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump for the first time directly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by casting doubt on her testimony during a campaign rally. Before the crowd Tuesday [10-2-18] night in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump imitated Ford during her testimony, mocking her for not knowing the […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders pressed on Tuesday [10-2-18] to wrap up the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, seizing on word from the F.B.I. that it would complete its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct as early as Wednesday [10-3-18]…But Mr. McConnell’s promise was as […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] sharply mocked the woman whose allegation of sexual assault has upended his effort to install a second justice on the Supreme Court, escalating a battle that has already polarized Washington and the country. At a campaign rally, Mr. Trump went further than ever before in […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Democratic efforts to highlight sexual assault charges that are more than 30 years old have been dismissed by supporters of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as the dredgings of ancient history. But the judge’s response to those accusations has raised new issues that go to the core of who President Trump’s […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/KELLYANNE CONWAY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday [10-2-18] that she had received a backlash after recently talking about being a survivor of sexual assault, adding that she believed people didn’t want someone who works at the White House to have ‘humanity or humility.’ Conway on Sunday […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys on Tuesday [10-2-18] implored the FBI to interview her and act on investigative leads they have provided for its inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh…The bureau is expected to wrap up its time-limited probe of the allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee […]

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10/2/2018

2016 ELECTION/BRETT KAVANAUGH/HILLARY CLINTON/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Hillary Clinton on Tuesday [10-2-18] balked at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s claim that the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are being carried out as part of ‘revenge on behalf of the Clintons,’ saying such a declaration ‘deserves a lot of laughter.’ During a nine-hour hearing last […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] said he believes the reaction to the allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh makes it ‘a very scary time for young men in America’…The allegations against Kavanaugh — including sexual assault and exposing himself to […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-2-18] that allegations of sexual misconduct against his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, showed that ‘it’s a very scary time for young men in America’ who now may be presumed guilty even when innocent. Five days after an extraordinary Senate hearing watched […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/MILITARY/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation under fire, President Trump lashed out on Monday [10-1-18] at Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewing his attack that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lied about his service in Vietnam and embellishing the senator’s misdeeds far beyond the truth. Mr. Trump […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Key Republican senators have called the White House over the past 24 hours to make clear that they expect a fulsome investigation as the FBI reviews allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN has learned. Following questions about the scope and extent of the FBI investigation, a White […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-1-18] that he wants a ‘very comprehensive investigation’ into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after reports emerged that the White House was seeking to limit the scope of the probe…The FBI is conducting a one-week investigation into sexual assault […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has authorized the FBI to expand its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reported on Monday [10-1-18], citing two people briefed on the matter. The Times also reported that the FBI has already concluded interviews with the four […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his time at one of the nation’s most elite universities, there’s no question that Judge Brett Kavanaugh achieved academic success. But when it comes to the frequency and severity of his drinking there, some former classmates are raising questions about how truthful Kavanaugh was in his testimony before the […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a week that began mired in uncertainty — for President Donald Trump, for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, for congressional Republicans, for the FBI — the GOP still had the stolid steadiness of Mitch McConnell to lean on…McConnell’s vow that, come hell or high water, the Senate would […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The man who has been named as a witness to the alleged incident between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s has been interviewed by the FBI, according to the man’s lawyer. In a statement on Monday [10-1-18], Mark Judge’s lawyer, Barbara Van […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] cast the FBI probe into his Supreme Court nominee’s alleged history of sexual misconduct as a potential ‘blessing in disguise,’ appearing optimistic that federal agents would absolve Brett Kavanaugh of the accusations several women have lodged against him over the past month…The president […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] used the stalled nomination of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for Republican voters in November congressional elections. At a West Virginia rally, Trump did not say a word about the testimony of university professor Christine Blasey […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered a limited, week-long FBI probe of the allegations against his Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday [9-28-18]. It was a 180-degree turn from his previous statements about making such a move. After the initial accusations […]

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9/29/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. Republicans are at risk of losing […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday [9-28-18] that the FBI’s supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh must cover what she called ‘the three credible’ reports of misconduct…Hirono was referring to the accounts brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, who have […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate took its first step toward formally considering Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on the floor of the US Senate on Friday [9-28-18] evening. In a voice vote, lawmakers passed the motion to proceed on Kavanaugh’s confirmation, meaning there would be no Saturday [9-29-18] session — though the […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KANVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-28-18] he found the testimony by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades ago to be ‘very compelling,’ but added that he’d given no consideration to the idea of nominating someone else. ‘Not even a little […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In Maryland, 11 state lawmakers have asked Montgomery County law enforcement officials to investigate the 36-year-old sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh that have gripped the nation. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court. He has been accused by Christine […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-28-18] said he found the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford a day earlier ‘very credible,’ and he said he would rely on the advice of the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether to reopen an FBI background investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied on Thursday [9-27-18] a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago and complained about a ‘political hit’ after she told a dramatic Senate hearing she was ‘100 percent certain’ he did it. […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday [9-27-18] morning, all the televisions onboard were tuned to Fox News’ coverage of Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony, according to a press pool report. The analysis from the news hosts on President Donald Trump’s favorite network may […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on whether to favorably recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court will happen as scheduled Friday morning, though top GOP senators did not appear to know as of Thursday [9-27-18] night whether enough key Republican votes had been convinced to confirm Kavanaugh. Senate Judiciary […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully defended Brett Kavanaugh against an allegation of sexual assault during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] and accused Democrats of wanting to ‘destroy’ the life of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Immediately following an aggressive line of questioning by […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christine Blasey Ford told senators she was ‘100%’ certain Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh called the claim part of a ‘calculated and orchestrated political hit’ designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. And an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a bitter, partisan […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thursday [9-27-18] was an emotional whirlwind for millions of Americans transfixed by the hearing where Christine Blasey Ford accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. He denied the allegations in the most vehement possible way and later, he fired back that Democrats had coordinated it all as a political attack and […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans thought that bringing a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford would help them avoid looking like they were ganging up on an alleged victim of sexual assault. But once the hearing was underway, they seemed to quickly regret outsourcing their work to former sex crimes prosecutor Rachel […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Thirty-three minutes after the hearing into her accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began, Christine Blasey Ford stood, took an oath and started to tell her story. Hours later, after Ford delivered a detailed and dramatic testimony, Kavanaugh sat in the same chair and angrily denied […]

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9/27/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/WOMEN: “A GoFundMe campaign set up on behalf of Christine Blasey Ford drew more than $200,000 in donations in the hours immediately after she mentioned it during her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-27-18], more money than it had gained in the past eight days. As of 5 p.m., the […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Washington day like no other, President Donald Trump found himself in an unusual spot: publicly absent from a melodrama gripping the nation. Closeted in his third-floor White House residence, he avoided opportunities to comment on the proceedings occurring two miles away on Capitol Hill. But nearing the end of […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a hearing designed for Republicans to win. There would be just two witnesses: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Judge Kavanaugh would speak second, leaving the last impression. And there would be an outside prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey for the male Republican senators. […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Lindsey Graham, the blunt-speaking South Carolina Republican, vented to reporters on Thursday [9-27-18] outside the hearing room where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing explosive testimony about sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee. Then he went back inside and really let […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, came out swinging in the early moments of his testimony to senators, saying, ‘This confirmation process has become a national disgrace.’ • Christine Blasey Ford said she was ‘terrified’ but delivered powerful testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her accusation […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser faced off Thursday [9-27-18] in an extraordinary, emotional day of testimony that ricocheted from a woman’s tremulous account of sexual assault to a man’s angry, outraged denial, all of which played out for hours before a riveted nation and a riven Senate. The […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford began her testimony in front of a Senate committee by saying she was ‘terrified,’ and at times she looked it. But by the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/WOMEN: “Rachel Mitchell had a difficult mission as the lawyer hired by Republican senators to question the woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault: test her memory, but treat her respectfully. At a dramatic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18], Mitchell walked that fine line with accuser […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, the Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when they were teens. Like millions of Americans […]

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9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday [9-27-18] on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John […]

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9/26/2018

NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump has some advice for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as he prepares for Thursday’s [9-27-28] climactic Senate hearing to confront sexual misconduct allegations: Be more aggressive, show more outrage, push back more. In other words, be more like Mr. Trump. But what works for Mr. Trump might not work for […]

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9/26/2018

NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump is back to his standard playbook for sexual assault allegations: Deny, dismiss and blame the accuser. The tactic was on full display at a news conference in New York City this evening, in one of those vintage stream-of-consciousness appearances that the president rode into the White House. He […]

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9/26/2018

NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was accused on Wednesday [9-26-18] by another woman of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s. The allegation came from Julie Swetnick, 55, who like Judge Kavanaugh, 53, grew up in the Washington suburbs. In a […]

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9/26/2018

DEMS/GOP/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh faced a whirlwind of new accusations on Wednesday [9-26-18] that threatened to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court as key Republican senators wavered in their support and President Trump, in a rambling and combative news conference, acknowledged that he might be persuaded by the testimony of […]

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9/26/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham complained that Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers are making him out to be ‘Bill Cosby.’ Orrin Hatch blasted ‘phony’ accusations in The New Yorker. And John Cornyn urged the Senate to get on with a confirmation vote before more ‘reckless’ allegations are lodged against the Supreme Court nominee. All three Republicans […]

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9/26/2018

NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] said ‘false charges’ made against him in the past have influenced how he views the allegations now facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh…Kavanaugh has been accused by Christine Blasey Ford of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school, charges she is […]

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9/26/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] praised the way Senate Republicans have handled sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying GOP lawmakers ‘could not be more respectful’ to accuser Christine Blasey Ford…Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school. Another woman, Deborah […]

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9/26/2018

NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump said on Wednesday [9-26-18] that the accusations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, ‘are all false,’ but also said that he ‘can always be convinced’ after watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the judge of attempted rape. In a rambling and […]

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8/29/2018

BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing new policies on campus sexual misconduct that would bolster the rights of students accused of assault, harassment or rape, reduce liability for institutions of higher education and encourage schools to provide more support for victims. The proposed rules, obtained by The New York Times, narrow […]

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7/10/2018

HOUSE OF REPS/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Tuesday [7–10-18] came out in support of Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, the first member of the House leadership team to do so since the congressman has been rocked by accusations that he turned a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse while an assistant […]

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7/5/2018

GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump came to Rep. Jim Jordan’s defense Thursday [7-5-18] after the Ohio Republican denied claims that he overlooked years of sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach at Ohio State University…Trump further asserted Jordan’s innocence, saying he doesn’t believe the allegations. ‘I don’t believe them at all,’ Trump said. […]

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