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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 03:26 PM Jul 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Aide Jason Miller Admits to Hiring Prostitutes in 2015 and 2017


By Caleb Ecarma Jul 16th, 2019, 1:53 pm

Republican operative Jason Miller, the former communications chief for the Trump campaign and transition team, said he hired numerous prostitutes and visited “hand job” massage parlors as recently as a few months ago in a new videotaped deposition.

Miller made the admission while testifying on May 30 in Washington D.C. in connection to his lawsuit against the digital media company Gizmodo — a case that is being litigated in Southern Florida’s District Court. Despite Miller’s counsel calling for a protective order to make the deposition confidential, a redacted version was made public on July 11.

The suit accuses Gizmodo of defaming Miller with a story citing an allegation he slipped an “abortion pill” to a Florida strip club dancer he impregnated. The story was based on a sealed court filing. Miller denies the allegation and claims the story is untrue. The lawsuit also names individual defendants Katherine Krueger, a reporter for Gizmodo’s political site Splinter, and Will Menaker, the host of the popular leftist podcast Chapo Trap House. (Menaker was dropped from the suit in the weeks after the deposition).

In a written transcript of the deposition obtained by Mediaite, Miller describes the occasions he paid women for sex since 2001. Soliciting prostitution was, and still is, a crime in the cities where Miller admitted to hiring escorts.

Miller said his most recent visit to a “happy ending” massage parlor came as recently as “a couple of months ago.” He said he recalled having sex with an escort as recently as the spring of 2017 — just a few months after quitting the Trump transition team, where he served as chief spokesman. Trump had named Miller communications director in his new administration, but Miller resigned from the job before the inauguration amid allegations of an affair. He went on to join CNN, where he worked as a commentator in the spring of 2017.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Aide Jason Miller Admits to Hiring Prostitutes in 2015 and 2017 (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2019 OP
Gives new meaning to a hands on administration. Funtatlaguy Jul 2019 #1
Seems to be a common thread among Trump's circle. Meadowoak Jul 2019 #2
Though I don't much care in general, I hope he loses this suit ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #3
So AJ was the meat in the illicit sandwich ? OnDoutside Jul 2019 #4
He didn't learn? Start an Evangelical Church and get all the hot rampant totty for free! TheBlackAdder Jul 2019 #5
Ewww DesertRat Jul 2019 #6
This might make Trump even more popular BlueMississippi Jul 2019 #7
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. Though I don't much care in general, I hope he loses this suit ...
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 03:36 PM
Jul 2019

Assuming he really did what they say he did.

Come to think of it ... even if he didn't, doesn't sound like he really has much of a 'reputation' to defend anyway.

Yet another incidence of Trump's 'only the best people' employment model?

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