Posted on 09/27/2016 4:08:55 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The former Miss Universe at the center of a bitter exchange in Monday's presidential debate was accused of aiding a would-be murderer and threatening to kill a judge, it has emerged.
Alicia Machado was named by Hillary Clinton as having been shamed for her weight in 1996 by Donald Trump, when she was Miss Universe and he bought the beauty contest, by being called 'Miss Piggy' when she gained weight.
The then Miss Venezuela was photographed with Trump at a gym as he spoke about how she 'loves to eat', and she also claimed he mocked her Latino accent, calling her 'Miss Housekeeping'.
On Tuesday Machado launched her own attack on the Republican candidate, accusing him of abuse and 'stupid things'.
But now two Associated Press reports from 1998 have revealed the Machado was accused of aiding attempted murder and threats to kill in Venezuela.
DailyMail.com has asked the Clinton campaign whether they knew about the accusations, which do not appear to have ended in conviction, before the candidate spoke about her at the debate.
The campaign also organized a conference call for reporters on Tuesday with the now 39-year-old actress, in which she spoke almost exclusively in Spanish to continue the attacks on Trump.
The troubling details of what Machado was accused of emerged after she had reigned as Miss Universe in 1996.
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Somebody get that girl a lozenge.
He evidently was trying to help her keep her job even though the judges of the pageant wanted her to be let go according to McEnany this morning.
The video shows him giving her a friendly kiss on the cheek in front of the reporters. She didn’t seem to mind.
I thought this would backfire on Clinton. Many businessmen are afraid of false accusations from employees. This one was from 20 years ago. Didn’t know that she also threatened a judge till this morning.
More like 20 years ago. And it turned out he wasn’t mean. He was trying to help her keep her job. He had just taken over the pageant and they wanted to fire her. He wanted to give her a chance to keep her job.
She didn’t seem to mind his cheek kiss in the story.
As far as being mean. What about all the Secret Service agents who said Hillary told them f*** off. I think they are more believable than this woman with a checkered past.
Do ILLary & Co REALLY want to venture back to the 90’s??
Great list. Post often!!
From another thread....
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/29/fringe/miss.universe/
CNN had its own snarky comments in 1997, calling her “ the size of the universe”
Note from the 1997 CNN article that trump could have fired the woman but chose to try to rehabilitate her
Trump actually defended her, quite professionally....
Here is Trump’s 1997 press conference
He protects her and deflects press attacks on her
Quite a gentleman actually
She doesn’t seem upset with the fact he chose to not fire her but offers rehab to get her to a healthy weight
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/09/27/donald-trump-alicia-machado-1997-3.cnn
(h/t silverleaf)
Thank you for that post...
It seems these type of people ‘flock’ to the Clintons...there are many more...
BTTT!!
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