Hillary Clinton backer paid $500G to fund women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct before Election
Hillary Clinton backer paid 500g to fund women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct before Election Day
Report says what if Hillary Clinton's wealthy pals paid?
500,000 in an unsuccessful effort to fund women willing to accuse president Trump of sexual misconduct before the
2016 election the New York Times reported Sunday
Suzy Tompkins Buell the founder of Esprit clothing and a major Clinton campaign donor for many years gave the money to
Celebrity lawyer Lisa bloom who was working with a number of Trump accusers at the time according to the papers bombshell report?
Bloom solicited donors by saying she was working with women who might find the courage to speak out against Trump if the donors would provide
funds for security
relocation and possibly a safe house the paper reported
former Clinton nemesis turned Clinton operative David Brock also donated 200 thousand to the effort through a nonprofit group
He founded the paper reported in an article entitled
Partisans wielding money begins seeking to exploit harassment claims Blum told The Times that the effort was unproductive
One woman requested two million then decided not to come forward
Nor did any other women Blum said she refunded most of the cash keeping only some funds for out-of-pocket
Expenses accrued while working to vet and prepare cases
The lawyer told the paper she did not communicate with Clinton or her campaign on any of this
She also maintained that she represented only clients whose stories
She had corroborated and disputed the premise that she offered money to coax clients to come forward the paper reported
It doesn't cost anything to publicly air allegations Blum said
Security and relocation are expensive and were sorely needed in a case of this magnitude in a country filled with so much anger
hate and violence
The Times article said had learned of Buell and Brock's connection to bloom from two Democrats familiar with the financial
Arrangements who also sent blooms law firm kept the money from Brock's
Nonprofit group, but refunded the five hundred thousand that Buell contributed Brock declined comment according to the paper
Campaign representatives said they were unaware of his work with bloom Buell would not comment on the financial arrangement according to The Times
Still she claims. She was frustrated that Trump had escaped the repercussions that have befallen many other powerful men accused of similar misconduct
The Times article expanded on a report in the hill two weeks ago
That said that worked with campaign donors and tabloid media outlets during the final months of the presidential election to arrange
compensation for the alleged Trump victims and a commission for herself
offering to sell their stories in one case bloom reportedly arranged for a donor to pay off when Trump accusers mortgage and
Attempted to score a six-figure payout for another woman the woman with the mortgage ultimately declined to come forward after being afeared
750,000 the hill reported the paper reported reviewing one email exchange between one woman and bloom that
suggested political action committees supporting Hillary Clinton were solicited without naming which ones
Bloom, who is the daughter of famous attorney, Gloria Allred and like her mother
specializes in representing women in sexual harassment cases worked for four women who were considering accusing Trump to win public
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