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| Melania Trump defends husband's 'boy talk' in CNN interview – as it happened | |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| Mr Kushner – an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign – contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. | |
| This is a state that would really foreclose the path for Donald Trump to win the White House,” Mook said of Arizona. | |
| Crooked Hillary colluded w/FBI and DOJ and media is covering up to protect her. It's a #RiggedSystem! Our country deserves better! pic.twitter.com/n2NpH3zmcy | |
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| This is not great. pic.twitter.com/gH1TmbcIYy | This is not great. pic.twitter.com/gH1TmbcIYy |
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| Donald Trump releases plan for 'ethics reform' | Donald Trump releases plan for 'ethics reform' |
| Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, hitting hard against “crooked” opponent Hillary Clinton, has released a five-point plan for government reform “to drain the swamp in Washington, DC.” | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, hitting hard against “crooked” opponent Hillary Clinton, has released a five-point plan for government reform “to drain the swamp in Washington, DC.” |
| The seven-sentence plan, as written: | The seven-sentence plan, as written: |
| First: I am going to re-institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for 5 years after they leave government service. I am going to ask Congress to pass this ban into law so that it cannot be lifted by executive order. | First: I am going to re-institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for 5 years after they leave government service. I am going to ask Congress to pass this ban into law so that it cannot be lifted by executive order. |
| Second: I am going to ask Congress to institute its own 5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs. | Second: I am going to ask Congress to institute its own 5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs. |
| Third: I am going to expand the definition of lobbyist so we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisors when we all know they are lobbyists. | Third: I am going to expand the definition of lobbyist so we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisors when we all know they are lobbyists. |
| Fourth: I am going to issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. | Fourth: I am going to issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. |
| Fifth: I am going to ask Congress to pass a campaign finance reform that prevents registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections. | Fifth: I am going to ask Congress to pass a campaign finance reform that prevents registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections. |
| Not only will we end our government corruption, but we will end the economic stagnation. | Not only will we end our government corruption, but we will end the economic stagnation. |
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| Report: Apprentice staffer claims Donald Trump laughed about groping | Report: Apprentice staffer claims Donald Trump laughed about groping |
| A female staffer on The Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump’s longrunning reality show, told The Daily Beast that actor Gary Busey sexually assaulted her on the set of the show - and that Trump laughed about the incident afterwards: | A female staffer on The Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump’s longrunning reality show, told The Daily Beast that actor Gary Busey sexually assaulted her on the set of the show - and that Trump laughed about the incident afterwards: |
| Multiple Apprentice employees, including the alleged victim herself, told The Daily Beast that the Academy-Award-nominated actor “grabbed” one of their colleagues “firmly between [the] legs” during the 2011 season of Celebrity Apprentice. Busey also forcibly put the female staffer’s hand on the crotch of his pants. The alleged incident, which they say took place during a location shoot in SoHo in New York City, prompted a firestorm among members of the Apprentice crew. | Multiple Apprentice employees, including the alleged victim herself, told The Daily Beast that the Academy-Award-nominated actor “grabbed” one of their colleagues “firmly between [the] legs” during the 2011 season of Celebrity Apprentice. Busey also forcibly put the female staffer’s hand on the crotch of his pants. The alleged incident, which they say took place during a location shoot in SoHo in New York City, prompted a firestorm among members of the Apprentice crew. |
| Citing five on-staff sources, The Daily Beast reports that the alleged incident took place when the celebrity contestants were tasked with selling inventory at an art gallery, where the contestants had been drinking. | Citing five on-staff sources, The Daily Beast reports that the alleged incident took place when the celebrity contestants were tasked with selling inventory at an art gallery, where the contestants had been drinking. |
| “We were smoking cigarettes outside, and Busey was standing next to me. And then at one point, he grabbed me firmly between my legs, and ran his hand up my stomach, and grabbed my breasts,” the staffer told The Daily Beast. “I didn’t know what to do. So I made this joke that, ‘Oh, I’ve never been sexually harassed by a celebrity before!’ Then he grabbed my hand and put it [over] his penis, and said, like, ‘I’m just getting started, baby.’” | “We were smoking cigarettes outside, and Busey was standing next to me. And then at one point, he grabbed me firmly between my legs, and ran his hand up my stomach, and grabbed my breasts,” the staffer told The Daily Beast. “I didn’t know what to do. So I made this joke that, ‘Oh, I’ve never been sexually harassed by a celebrity before!’ Then he grabbed my hand and put it [over] his penis, and said, like, ‘I’m just getting started, baby.’” |
| The staffer’s colleagues told The Daily Beast that Trump was made aware of the incident, responding that Busey needed to keep his hands to himself. | The staffer’s colleagues told The Daily Beast that Trump was made aware of the incident, responding that Busey needed to keep his hands to himself. |
| “Gary, did you do a bad thing…[and] got your hands where they’re not supposed to be,” a staff member recalled Trump as saying. Anoter said that Trump mockingly called Busey a “bad boy, a very bad boy.” | “Gary, did you do a bad thing…[and] got your hands where they’re not supposed to be,” a staff member recalled Trump as saying. Anoter said that Trump mockingly called Busey a “bad boy, a very bad boy.” |
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| Donald Trump: 'You can't apologize for an event that never took place' | Donald Trump: 'You can't apologize for an event that never took place' |
| In an interview with Fox News’ Carl Cameron, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that while it would be “very easy” to apologize for recent sexual assault allegations made against him, “you can’t apologize for an event that never took place.” | In an interview with Fox News’ Carl Cameron, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that while it would be “very easy” to apologize for recent sexual assault allegations made against him, “you can’t apologize for an event that never took place.” |
| “First of all, they are all lies,” Trump said. “They are made-up stories, they were fabricated. Whether they like Hillary or whether they just want to become a little bit famous or something. You take a look at the butler. The butler was supposed to be the witness, the butler was my witness. I mean it was 100%, that was a disgrace that they were able to say it. It would be very easy to apologize but you can’t apologize for an event that never took place. These events never took place.” | “First of all, they are all lies,” Trump said. “They are made-up stories, they were fabricated. Whether they like Hillary or whether they just want to become a little bit famous or something. You take a look at the butler. The butler was supposed to be the witness, the butler was my witness. I mean it was 100%, that was a disgrace that they were able to say it. It would be very easy to apologize but you can’t apologize for an event that never took place. These events never took place.” |
| “Every one of those charges were false and they were lies,” he continued. “It didn’t even take place. I didn’t see them. The woman on the airplane, 35 years ago, 30 years ago? I mean, you don’t even believe that one. Okay? I don’t know maybe you’re very gullible, but you don’t believe that one. We have a woman on the airplane 35 years ago? No. These were bogus charges. These were lies. These were fabrications. I like saying it.” | “Every one of those charges were false and they were lies,” he continued. “It didn’t even take place. I didn’t see them. The woman on the airplane, 35 years ago, 30 years ago? I mean, you don’t even believe that one. Okay? I don’t know maybe you’re very gullible, but you don’t believe that one. We have a woman on the airplane 35 years ago? No. These were bogus charges. These were lies. These were fabrications. I like saying it.” |
| “Somebody else would say let’s focus on jobs, which I do, let’s focus on ISIS, let’s focus on the second amendment and judges of the Supreme Court justices. I agree with that, but I want the truth to come out.” | “Somebody else would say let’s focus on jobs, which I do, let’s focus on ISIS, let’s focus on the second amendment and judges of the Supreme Court justices. I agree with that, but I want the truth to come out.” |
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| Are you a fan of Broadway? | Are you a fan of Broadway? |
| The Hillary Clinton campaign is hosting a star-studded Broadway spectacular at the St. James Theater in Manhattan, which is livestreaming here: | The Hillary Clinton campaign is hosting a star-studded Broadway spectacular at the St. James Theater in Manhattan, which is livestreaming here: |
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| Melania Trump told Anderson Cooper that as first lady, she would hope to fight against bullying on social media. | Melania Trump told Anderson Cooper that as first lady, she would hope to fight against bullying on social media. |
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| "@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz @MELANIATRUMP pic.twitter.com/5bvVEwMVF8" | "@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz @MELANIATRUMP pic.twitter.com/5bvVEwMVF8" |
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| Melania Trump, on Donald Trump’s Twitter use: | Melania Trump, on Donald Trump’s Twitter use: |
| He’s an adult - he knows the consequences. | He’s an adult - he knows the consequences. |
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| Continuing her interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Melania Trump told the anchor that the hardest part of the campaign has been media scrutiny of herself and her family, echoing claims by her husband that journalists and outlets are stacked against the Republican presidential nominee. | Continuing her interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Melania Trump told the anchor that the hardest part of the campaign has been media scrutiny of herself and her family, echoing claims by her husband that journalists and outlets are stacked against the Republican presidential nominee. |
| “I didn’t expect media will be so dishonest and so mean - I didn’t expect that,” Trump said. “From New York Post, two days in a row, they put me on the cover from pictures I did many, many years ago as a model.” | “I didn’t expect media will be so dishonest and so mean - I didn’t expect that,” Trump said. “From New York Post, two days in a row, they put me on the cover from pictures I did many, many years ago as a model.” |
| “It was done as art, as a celebration of female body, so they put it twice in a row,” she said, of the publication of risqué photographs from her modeling days in the 1990s. “In that story, they put the date when pictures were taken wrong. They never called me,” she said, “and suddenly becomes I was here illegally, I was married before. I was, like, ‘yeah, find the husband I was with before I was with my husband.’” | “It was done as art, as a celebration of female body, so they put it twice in a row,” she said, of the publication of risqué photographs from her modeling days in the 1990s. “In that story, they put the date when pictures were taken wrong. They never called me,” she said, “and suddenly becomes I was here illegally, I was married before. I was, like, ‘yeah, find the husband I was with before I was with my husband.’” |
| “Every story, it’s a female! It’s a female reporter!” she said. “It’s unacceptable.” | “Every story, it’s a female! It’s a female reporter!” she said. “It’s unacceptable.” |
| “I know he respects women, but he’s defending his, because they are lies,” Trump said, of her husband’s attacks on his accusers’ looks and credibility. | “I know he respects women, but he’s defending his, because they are lies,” Trump said, of her husband’s attacks on his accusers’ looks and credibility. |
| Despite siding with her husband during the controversies of the past two weeks, Trump indicated that she has cautioned their young son, Barron, from using similar language. | Despite siding with her husband during the controversies of the past two weeks, Trump indicated that she has cautioned their young son, Barron, from using similar language. |
| “I let him have a normal childhood as possible - we talk a lot, a lot about the campaign. We talk about the language, because we don’t allow the using that language,” Trump said. “I tell him that, there are consequences as well, and he needs to be careful of the langue he uses.” | “I let him have a normal childhood as possible - we talk a lot, a lot about the campaign. We talk about the language, because we don’t allow the using that language,” Trump said. “I tell him that, there are consequences as well, and he needs to be careful of the langue he uses.” |
| “It was my decision not to be on the campaign trail,” Trump said. “I will be a parent to our boy, to our child.” | “It was my decision not to be on the campaign trail,” Trump said. “I will be a parent to our boy, to our child.” |
| While she stands back, Trump said, her husband is happy to be leading the charge. | While she stands back, Trump said, her husband is happy to be leading the charge. |
| “He will fight ’til the end - and he will fight for the American people as he fight for himself.” | “He will fight ’til the end - and he will fight for the American people as he fight for himself.” |
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| Melania Trump: 'Don't feel sorry for me' | Melania Trump: 'Don't feel sorry for me' |
| Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper in her first televised interview since the release of video that showed her husband bragging about sexually assaulting women, Melania Trump defended her husband’s “boy talk” as having been “egged on” by a television interviewer. | Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper in her first televised interview since the release of video that showed her husband bragging about sexually assaulting women, Melania Trump defended her husband’s “boy talk” as having been “egged on” by a television interviewer. |
| “I said to my husband that, you know, the language was unappropriate,” Trump said. “It’s not acceptable. And I was surprised, because that is not the man that I know.” | “I said to my husband that, you know, the language was unappropriate,” Trump said. “It’s not acceptable. And I was surprised, because that is not the man that I know.” |
| Trump, breaking the traditional role of candidate’s spouse as cheerleader-in-chief, has largely eschewed appearances on the campaign trail following speculation that her speech at the Republican National Convention in July plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic National Convention. This makes the Slovenian-born former model’s appearance with Cooper notable even if more than a dozen allegations of sexual impropriety had not been leveled against her husband over the past week. | Trump, breaking the traditional role of candidate’s spouse as cheerleader-in-chief, has largely eschewed appearances on the campaign trail following speculation that her speech at the Republican National Convention in July plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic National Convention. This makes the Slovenian-born former model’s appearance with Cooper notable even if more than a dozen allegations of sexual impropriety had not been leveled against her husband over the past week. |
| “Every Friday something comes out,” Trump told Cooper, dismissing the controversies that have followed her husband since he announced his candidacy for the White House last June. | “Every Friday something comes out,” Trump told Cooper, dismissing the controversies that have followed her husband since he announced his candidacy for the White House last June. |
| “It’s very hard, especially for him,” she continued, “because he did so many stuff in his life. He was on so many tapes, so many shows. And we knew that, that, you know, tapes will come out, people will want to go against him. But my husband is real, he’s raw. He tells it like it is.” | “It’s very hard, especially for him,” she continued, “because he did so many stuff in his life. He was on so many tapes, so many shows. And we knew that, that, you know, tapes will come out, people will want to go against him. But my husband is real, he’s raw. He tells it like it is.” |
| Asked about whether she views her husband’s behavior in the video as “locker-room” stuff, as he has characterized it, Trump agreed. | Asked about whether she views her husband’s behavior in the video as “locker-room” stuff, as he has characterized it, Trump agreed. |
| “It’s kind of two teenage boys - actually, they should behave better,” Trump said. “I know how some men talk - that’s how I saw it.” | “It’s kind of two teenage boys - actually, they should behave better,” Trump said. “I know how some men talk - that’s how I saw it.” |
| No matter the subject matter, she continued, Trump does not view her husband’s remarks in the video as descriptive of sexual assault. | No matter the subject matter, she continued, Trump does not view her husband’s remarks in the video as descriptive of sexual assault. |
| “No, that’s not a sexual assault,” Trump said. “He didn’t say he did it, and I see many many women coming to him and giving phone numbers, and want to work for him and inappropriate stuff from women. And they know he’s married.” | “No, that’s not a sexual assault,” Trump said. “He didn’t say he did it, and I see many many women coming to him and giving phone numbers, and want to work for him and inappropriate stuff from women. And they know he’s married.” |
| “Every assault should be taken care of in court of law,” Trump said, but the accusations made in the media are “damaging and it’s unfair.” | “Every assault should be taken care of in court of law,” Trump said, but the accusations made in the media are “damaging and it’s unfair.” |
| “I believe my husband. This was all organized from the opposition,” Trump said. “They don’t have any facts and even the story that came out in People Magazine, the writer that she said that my husband took her to the room and start kissing her, she wrote in the same story about me that she saw me on Fifth Avenue and I said to her, Natasha, how come we don’t see you anymore? I was never friend with her. I’d never recognize her.” | “I believe my husband. This was all organized from the opposition,” Trump said. “They don’t have any facts and even the story that came out in People Magazine, the writer that she said that my husband took her to the room and start kissing her, she wrote in the same story about me that she saw me on Fifth Avenue and I said to her, Natasha, how come we don’t see you anymore? I was never friend with her. I’d never recognize her.” |
| “How we could believe her? That never happened.” | “How we could believe her? That never happened.” |
| Despite the pressures of the campaign on her marriage, Trump said, she does not want people feeling bad for her. | Despite the pressures of the campaign on her marriage, Trump said, she does not want people feeling bad for her. |
| “People think and talk about me like, ‘oh Melania, oh poor Melania.’ Don’t feel sorry for me, don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.” | “People think and talk about me like, ‘oh Melania, oh poor Melania.’ Don’t feel sorry for me, don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.” |