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by Ronn Blitzer | 11:52 am, May 11th, 2018
After a New Yorker report came out that featured assault allegations against now-former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, President Donald Trumps son Donald Jr. shared a 2013 tweet from his father that indicated that Schneiderman might have some dark secrets. Now, we may know what he was referring to.
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Attorney Peter J. Gleason filed a letter in Manhattan federal court on Friday, asking for a protective order for any records of communications he had with Michael Cohen regarding two women who came to him with allegations that Schneiderman engaged in sexual misconduct with them. The first woman approached him in 2012, and he claims he told her that the justice system would sooner protect Schneiderman than help her. Then another woman came to him sometime in 2013 with similar allegations.
Gleason says in his letter that he did not think it would be worthwhile to go to the Manhattan District Attorneys Office with the allegations, based on my past experiences in reporting prima facie political corruption that was ignored by the office, some of which were ultimately prosecuted elsewhere.
Gleason claims that he talked to Stephen Dunleavy, a retired journalist, about the situation, and Dunleavy offered to talk to Trump about it. Gleason told Politicos Josh Gerstein that Dunleavy suggested going to Trump because he was in the middle of a legal battle with Schneiderman at the time over Trump University.
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kimbutgar
(21,115 posts)He definitely ruined the stories of fox the next day attacking him. I bet they were planning on a 4 day new coverage to take the news off of twitlers disastrous presidency and the mueller probe.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)riversedge
(70,186 posts)Yes, he kniew 5 years ago. Wonder why he and others kept it secret so long. I would not have expected trump to say it aloud but he is good at leaks. Just strange.
Brooke Storm
@Janetb172
May 8
Even the allegations against Trump pale in comparison to what the swamp creatures are accused of, and we're going to see more of this. Trump knew about this guy in 2013. Why wasn't this dealt with sooner?
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#DrainTheSwamp #DrainTheDeepState
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Kamura 777
@kamurablade
May 8
I guess no one had balls to call out this abuser. Trump wasn't even in politics, so who was responsible to call him out were too afraid to do so. Those who work with him and dated him knew who he was and yet said nothing. They needed a movement behind them to do what was right.
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Brooke Storm
@Janetb172
Replying to @kamurablade @frozensun11 and
Exactly, Trump was not in politics. Now he is and the swamp is being drained. Seems like since his election, people aren't afraid to speak out. Finally, something is being done and people are too blinded by hatred to even see it.
#DrainTheSwamp
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