Three of the sixteen Trump sexual misconduct accusers featured in an investigative piece being produced under documentarian Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films made a press run through New York City on Monday, with an appearance on Megyn Kelly TODAY that was followed by a live press conference aired by several networks.
Seated by Greenwald's side was Rachel Crooks, Samantha Holvey, and Jessica Leeds. Many became familiar with Crooks, Holvey and Leeds when various video and audio recordings, along with allegations of sexual harassment and assault began to rear up against Trump in the weeks leading up to the 2016 General Election. With the charges resurfacing as a hot-button issue on the heels of the #MeToo movement, the women say they felt it their duty to continue shedding light on the abuses they say they know first hand that Trump is capable of getting away with.
During the half-hour-long presser, each woman recounted their experience, before engaging reporters in Q&A. Crooks recalled Trump blindsiding her with kisses on her cheek and mouth without her consent while she was working as a receptionist in one of his buildings. Leeds then told of how Trump allegedly forced himself on her during an airplane flight that she wound up meeting him on, and Holvey recollected how the former beauty pageant honcho came backstage during one of his events and inspected contestants in the dressing room.
Holvey's story is one that is to some degree corroborated in an admission that the real estate mogul made on the Howard Stern Show in 2005. Trump said, "Before a show, I'll go backstage and everyone's getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant and therefore I'm inspecting it. You know, I'm inspecting because I want to make sure that everything is good."
The White House would address the allegations following Crooks, Holvey, and Leeds' appearance on the Megyn Kelly show, stating: "These false claims, totally disputed in most cases by eyewitness accounts, were addressed at length during last year's campaign, and the American people voiced their judgment by delivering a decisive victory."
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