Thread by @postcards4USA

So far, #26Women have gone on record with sexual allegations against POTUS
Detailed thread of all
Divided into categories:
-Sexual Assault
(which has sub-categories of Rape, Groping, Kissing w/o Consent)
-Sexual Harassment (Dressing Rooms)
-Sexual Misconduct

#TrumpAccusers

26 women have gone on the record with sexual allegations against Trump. #26Women
CATEGORIES
Sexual Assault: Rape (3)
Sexual Assault: Groping & Restraining (9)
Sexual Assault: Kissed without Consent (8)
Sexual Harassment: Into Dressing Room (4+)
Sexual Harassment: Misconduct (2+)

26 brave women
I. Trump, "Johnson", Caroll, Leeds, Anderson, Crooks, Stoynoff, Murphy, Huddy, Drake, Harth, Virginia, McGillivray, Zevros, Taggart, Laaksonen, Searles, Heller, Johnson, Dixon, Hughes, Billado, Sullivan, Boyne, Holvey, Dorris
#26Women
#TrumpIsARapist

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, sexual assault is “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient.” Rape is a form of sexual assault, but not all sexual assault is rape. #26Women
#WomensMarch
#TrumpIsARapist

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as "unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature."
#MeToo #WomensMarch
#26Women #TrumpAccusers

Ivana Trump now says her story was "without merit," but in a 1990 divorce deposition, she described a violent sexual assault by her then-husband.
Ivana recanted & signed a non-disclosure agreement to not speak about marriage to Trump.
#25Women #TrumpSexualAssault #TrumpRape
1/26

“Jane Doe” aka “Katie Johnson” says she was repeatedly raped, at 13, by Trump & Epstein at Epstein’s NYC apartment in 1994.
She also described how Trump tied her to a bed and forcibly raped her.
Court Docket courtlistener.com/docket/4154484… #TrumpEpstein #25Women #TrumpRape
2/26

E Jean Carroll described Trump raping her in 90s.
glamour.com/story/e-jean-c… glamour.com/story/e-jean-c…
Trump said, “Number 1, she’s not my type...It never happened, ok?” But since has refused to give a DNA sample & asked DOJ to defend him from her lawsuit. Court pending
3/26
#26Women

Jessica Leeds alleged that Trump groped her on a flight in the late 70s. “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere."
Trump said, "Believe me, she would not be my first choice." 4/26
Video nytimes.com/video/us/polit…
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Kristin Anderson, a photographer & former model, alleges that Trump put his hand up her skirt and touched her vagina through her underwear at an NYC nightclub in the early 1990s.
Video interview
THREAD
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5/26

Jill Harth, a businesswoman, told the Guardian in July 2016 that Trump pushed her against a wall, put his hand up her skirt & tried to kiss her at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in the early 1990s. 6/26
Video interview
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THREAD

Karena Virginia, then 27, said she overheard Trump talking with a group of men about her legs & then Trump approached her, grabbed her arm, & touched her breast & asked, "Don't you know who I am?"
Video interview
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7/26
THREAD

Melinda "Mindy" McGillivray says that Trump grabbed her rear end while she was working as a photographer's assistant at a 2003 Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago.
Video interview:
#26Women #TrumpAccusers #TrumpSexualAssaults
8/26
THREAD

Ninni Laaksonen, a former Miss Finland, told a Finnish newspaper that Trump “squeezed her butt” as she and other pageant contestants stood next to him for a publicity photo.
Video interview:
#25Women #TrumpAccusers #TrumpSexualAssaults
9/26
THREAD

Summer Zervos, a competitor on 5th season of “The Apprentice” says Trump abused his role as a potential employer, kissing her twice during a meeting in Trump Tower & later groping her at the Beverly Hills Hotel. 10/26
Video:
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Cassandra Searles, a former Miss Washington, wrote on Facebook about Trump that, "He probably doesn’t want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room."
Article: mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
11/26
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Cathy Heller says she was attending a Mother's Day brunch with her husband, children, and in-laws at Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s when Trump approached her table, introduced himself to her, and forcibly kissed her.
Article: theguardian.com/us-news/2016/o…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
12/26
THREAD

Temple Taggart, a Miss USA contestand in 1997, said Trump, kissed her "directly on the lips” & again when Taggart met with him at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump said he doesn't like to kiss strangers on the lips.
Video NBC:
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13/26

Rachel Crooks, at 22, a receptionist in Trump Tower in 2005 said she introduced herself to Trump and he kissed her on the cheek & then on the lips. A few days later, he asked for her number to "give a modeling agency."
Video
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14/26

Natasha Stoynoff, a writer for People magazine, was at Mar-a-Lago for an interview and says Trump forced her against a wall & tried to kiss her during a break - interrupted when Trump’s then-butler burst in.
Video ABC:
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
15/26
THREAD

Jennifer Murphy, a contestant on “The Apprentice” said that, after she was ‘fired’ from the reality show, Trump followed up with her saying he wanted to offer her a job and kissed her without her consent.
#26Women #TrumpAccusers Article: graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news…
16/26
THREAD

Juliet Huddy, a former Fox News anchor, said on a podcast in December 2017 that Trump kissed her on the lips without her consent after a meeting in Trump Tower in Manhattan in 2005 or 2006.
Article: usmagazine.com/celebrity-news…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
17/26
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Adult film star Jessica Drake said Trump kissed her & two other women without their consent 10 years ago. "When we entered the room, he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug & kissed each one of us w/o asking permission."
Video:
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18/26

Alva Johnson, a former Trump campaign staffer, said that Trump kissed her w/o her consent at a Tampa, Florida rally in 2016.
Then-Press secretary Huckabee Sanders said, "This accusation is absurd on its face."
Video: nowthisnews.com/videos/politic…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
19/26
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Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen 1997, said, "I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, “omg, there's a man in here." Trump said something like, "Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before."
Video: nowthisnews.com/videos/politic…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
20/26

Victoria Hughes, former Miss New Mexico Teen USA, “The black curtains opened & in walks Mr. Trump smiling...The youngest girl was 15, and I was the eldest at 19.”
Video koat.com/article/former…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
21/26
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Former Miss Arizona Tasha Dixon says Trump came "strolling right in" during a dress rehearsal for Miss USA 2001 while the contestants were “half-naked’ & the women were told to “fawn all over him.”
Video:
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22/26
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Bridget Sullivan, a former Miss Tennessee, said she found Donald Trump unsettling. “He’d hug you just a little low on your back,” she said, and give you “a squeeze that your creepy uncle would.”
Article: vox.com/2016/10/13/132…
#26Women #TrumpAccusers
23/26

Lisa Boyne said she attended a 1996 dinner w. Trump & modeling agent John Casablancas during which several other women were forced to walk across a table to leave. Trump “stuck his head right underneath their skirts.”
Video
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24/26

Samantha Holvey says Trump inspected Miss USA contestants individually.
"He would step in front of each girl & look you over from head to toe like we were just meat, we were just sexual objects...not people."
Video
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25/26

Amy Dorris says that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the U.S. open tournament in NY on September 5, 1997.
Dorris says he forced his tongue down her throat, assaulting her all over her body & holding her in a grip she was unable to escape from.
26/26

TWENTY-SIX WOMEN, so far, have gone on record with sexual allegations against the President of the United States.
On the day of #WomensMarch2020 and in the continued #MeToo movement, the current occupant of the White House is credibly accused of rape & assault.
#26Women