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Donald Trump Sexualizing Young Girls

Emily Crockett: Donald Trump has been making disturbing comments about young girls for years.

The Guardian: Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year.In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged the world’s biggest modelling competition – since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling: Trump Team Crashes Out Over His Remark on Minimum Sexual “Age Limit.”

German Lopez: Donald Trump once saw a child on an escalator and said, “I’m going to be dating her in 10 years.” A new video shows the horrifying moment.

Seema Mehta: Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, ‘In a couple of years, I’ll be dating you.’

Alana Horowitz Satlin: Trump Admits He Found 12-Year-Old Paris Hilton Attractive.

Donald Trump Sexualizing His Own Daughter

CNN:

• “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her . . . If I weren’t happily married, and, you know, her father…”
• Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It’s okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass.’

Cameron Joseph: Donald Trump said 17-year-old Ivanka made him promise not to date anyone younger than her.

On the Dr. Oz Show: According to studio witnesses, Mr. Trump said that he kisses Ivanka “with every chance [he] gets”. The comment was apparently edited out of the final cut of the show when it went to air.

Politico: Trump talked about his infant daughter’s legs, and her future breasts.

Khaleda Rahman: Trump made lewd comments about his daughter Ivanka’s appearance and talked about “what it might be like to have sex with her.”

Martha Ross: Trump’s lewd talk about daughter Ivanka in front of White House staff recalled in new book.

Trump Charged with Sexual Abuse

Chris McGreal & Martin Pengelly: Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused columnist E Jean Carroll: Verdict for first time legally brands a former US president as a sexual predator.

Accusations of Rape Against Trump

Lucia Graves: Jill Harth speaks out about alleged groping by Donald Trump: Harth stands by claims of incident described in 1997 lawsuit as ‘attempted rape.’

Inae Oh: The Media Shrugs Its Shoulders at Trump’s Rape Allegation.

Brandy Zadrozny: Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex. Ivana Trump once accused the real-estate tycoon of ‘rape,’ although she later clarified: not in the ‘criminal sense.’

Accusations of Groping & Sexual Assault  

Scott Bixby: Former Miss Finland is 12th woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault.

The Guardian: Sexual misconduct allegations against Donald Trump – a timeline. A list of the accusations made against Donald Trump between the 1980s and 2013, all of which he has denied.

Barry Levine & Monique El-Faizy: Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s.

Lucy Osborne: ‘It felt like tentacles’: the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct. Allegations against president span decades, with Amy Dorris at least the 26th woman to come forward.

Martin Pengelly & Ben Jacobs: Jessica Drake: porn star is 11th woman to allege Trump sexual misconduct.

Molly Redden: Summer Zervos: former Apprentice contestant claims Trump kissed and groped her.

Natasha Stoynoff: Physically Attacked by Donald Trump: PEOPLE writer Natasha Stoynoff tells her own story of being attacked by Donald Trump.

Karen Tumulty: Woman says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s.

Trump’s Support of Sexual Assaulters

Robert Faturechi & Avi Asher-Schapiro: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation.

PBS: Trump challenges Kavanaugh accuser’s credibility.

Sexual Harassment at Trump’s Beauty Pageants

Fred Barbash: Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants.

Buzzfeed News: Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing: “Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”

Jessica Garrison & Kendall Taggart: Former Beauty Queens Speak: How Donald Trump sees women — and how they see him — has become central to his bid for the presidency.Now, former beauty pageant contestants describe what it was like to be around him when he owned Miss Universe and Miss USA.

Mollie Reilly & Sam Stein: Trump Faces Another Accusation — This Time, He Looked Up Models’ Skirts.

Tessa Stuart: A Timeline of Donald Trump’s Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe: From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Trump’s a storied pageant creep.

Jeffrey Toobin: Trump’s Miss Universe Gambit: For years, he used his beauty pageants to boost business interests abroad. A 2013 contest, in Moscow, may also have helped give him the Presidency.

Lauren Tuck: Donald Trump Reportedly Treated Miss USA Contestants Like ‘Property.’

Scott Zamost: Ex-contestant: Trump inspected each woman before pageant.

The Access Hollywood Tape

Jim Dalrymple II: Donald Trump In 2005: “I Did Try And Fuck Her. She Was Married.”

Libby Nelson: “Grab ’em by the pussy”: how Trump talked about women in private is horrifying.

The New York Times: Transcript: Donald Trump’s Taped Comments About Women.

Daniel Politi: The Married Journalist Who Rejected Trump’s Advances? He Tried to Fire Her.

Molly Redden: Trump backers claim grabbing women’s genitals is not sexual assault.

The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case

Victoria Bekiempis: Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter.

Megan Lebowitz: Trump’s legal team tried to keep Stormy Daniels quiet ahead of 2024 election, MSNBC reports.

Martin Pengelly: A 2006 encounter and cash for silence: how the Trump-Stormy Daniels case unfolded.

Trevor Potter: The point of paying Stormy Daniels was to keep voters from hearing her story.

Ben Protess & Maggie Haberman: After Hush-Money Verdict, Trump Tried to Silence Stormy Daniels Again.

David Smith: Fox News reportedly killed Stormy Daniels story to help Trump win: Diana Falzone ‘had obtained proof’ of alleged affair but was told: ‘Rupert wants Donald Trump to win. So just let it go.’

Trump and Epstein

Malcolm Ferguson:

• Epstein Bragged That He “Gave” His Young Girlfriend to Trump.
• “I Know How Dirty Donald Is”: GOP Releases More Damning Epstein Emails.

The Guardian: Release of sexually suggestive Epstein ‘birthday book’ piles pressure on Trump: House oversight committee posts images of greeting from president to sex offender in 50th birthday album.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling: Epstein Said Trump Is the Worst Person He’d Ever Met: “Not one decent cell in his body,” Jeffrey Epstein wrote in an email about Donald Trump.

Stephanie Kirchgaessner & Lucy Osborne: Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein.

Richard Luscombe: Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest: In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls.’

Dan Mangan: FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump.

Meidas Touch Network & Jonathan Larsen: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein: The Trump Spa sought “young, attractive” college students to wear mini-skirts and “skin-tight” tops.

Hafiz Rashid: Epstein Emailed Trump’s Now Ambassador Asking for Photos of Child: Newly released private emails show how closely tied Jeffrey Epstein was to Trump’s circle of advisers.

Trump’s Misogynistic Comments

Trump has been making derogatory comments about women, on a regular basis, for the entirety of his life. These are just a few examples.

Associated Press: Trump has long history of offensive comments about women.

BBC News: Alicia Machado: Ex-Miss Universe claims Trump called her ‘Miss Piggy.’

Jess Bidgood: How Trump Has Used Debates to Belittle Women.

Scott Bixby: Forget Samantha Bee—Donald Trump Has Called Women ‘C*nt’ for 30 Years.

Claire Cohen: Donald Trump sexism tracker: Every offensive comment in one place.

James Crump: Trump provokes outrage by asking women at rally if husbands ‘are OK’ with them attending.

Isabel Fattal: Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein.

Michael Gold: Trump Reposts Crude Sexual Remark About Harris on Truth Social.

Jon Henley: ‘You’re in such good shape’: Trump criticised for ‘creepy’ comment to Brigitte Macron.

Eric Lach: Trump’s Mocking of Christine Blasey Ford and the Dark Laughter of His Audience.

Macaela Mackenzie: 8 Times Donald Trump Has Body Shamed Women Over the Years.

Matt Pearce: Trump wanted to fire women who weren’t pretty enough, say employees at his California golf club.

Philip Rucker: Trump says Fox’s Megyn Kelly had ‘blood coming out of her wherever.’

Michael D. Shear & Eileen Sullivan:

• Trump Calls Omarosa Manigault Newman ‘That Dog’ in His Latest Insult.
• ‘Horseface,’ ‘Lowlife,’ ‘Fat, Ugly’: How the President Demeans Women. President Trump has a history of attacking women by mocking their bodily functions, demeaning their looks or comparing them to animals.

Bonnie Stabile: ‘Nasty’ Women Beware: Trump’s History of Demeaning and Silencing Women.

Seth Stevenson: “He’s Obsessed With Menstruation.” Former Apprentice crew members on their old boss, Donald Trump.

The Telegraph: Donald Trump calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’ and she accuses him of a ‘penchant for bestiality.’

Overviews of Trump’s Misogyny

Associated Press: Trump has long history of offensive comments about women.

Claire Cohen: Donald Trump sexism tracker: Every offensive comment in one place.

Libby Nelson: Donald Trump’s history of misogyny, sexism, and harassment: a comprehensive review.

Mariel Padilla: Defend and deny: What we know about Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct.The 19th has pulled together allegations of sexual assault and harassment against President Donald Trump and people who worked for or with him in his campaigns or in his time in the White House.

The Trump Administration: Trump Surrounds Himself with Men Accused of Sexual Abuse

Steve Bannon:

• Tom McCarthy: Steve Bannon, Trump campaign CEO, faced domestic violence charges.

Paul Ingrassia:

• Daniel Lippman: Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment: Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint.

Matt Gaetz:

• Robert Tait & Joseph Gedeon: Matt Gaetz ethics report finds evidence he paid for sex with minor: House report finds he made payments totaling tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex and drugs on at least 20 occasions.
• Michael S. Schmidt: In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation:A 17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.

Rudy Giuliani:

• Martin Pengelly: Ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her on January 6: Hutchinson describes incident in which the former New York mayor put his hand ‘under my blazer, then my skirt.’
• PBS News: Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex, owes her unpaid wages.

Pete Hegseth:

• CNN: Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault.
• NPR: Police report gives details, timeline of the sexual assault claim against Pete Hegseth.

Elon Musk:

• Edward Helmore: Elon Musk’s father accused of sexually abusing his children and stepchildren.
• David Ingram: Elon Musk and SpaceX sued by former employees alleging sexual harassment and retaliation.
• Rich McHugh: A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence.

Walt Nauta:

• Nikki McCann Ramírez: Trump Hired Aide-Turned-Co-Defendant Despite ‘Revenge Porn’ Accusations:Walt Nauta, Trump’s co-defendant in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, was reportedly ousted from his White House position amidst a storm of sexual misconduct allegations.

Rob Porter:

• Dahlia Lithwick: Rob Porter’s History of Domestic Abuse Wasn’t a Secret. It’s Just That No One Cared. The cops, the FBI, and the White House chief of staff all knew, and he still continued to rise through the ranks of our government’s highest office.

Andrew Puzder:

• Oliver Laughland & Lauren Gambino: Restaurants run by labor secretary nominee report ‘disturbing’ rates of sexual harassment.

RFK Junior:

• Charisma Madarang: RFK Jr. Doesn’t Deny Alleged Sexual Assault of Babysitter: ‘I Am Not a Church Boy.’
• MoveOn: RFK Jr.’s Troubling Patterns Continue With New Epstein Connections.
• Isabel Vincent & Melissa Klein: RFK Jr.’s secret sex diary: His hidden document of affairs found by late wife who committed suicide.

Patrick Shanahan:

• PBS News: Reports of domestic violence prompt Shanahan to step down.

David Sorensen:

• The BBC: David Sorensen becomes second Trump aide to quit over abuse claims.