Trump campaign wanted Bill Clinton accusers to face-off with the former president

Fox News.com ^ | October 10, 2016

[Kaslin]

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Donald Trump appears with Bill Clinton accusers

Bill Clinton on Sunday night nearly came face-to-face with several of the women who’ve accused him of sexual assault; however, Donald Trump’s plan to put the former president’s previous indiscretions on public display hit a snag when debate officials threatened to call security.

The Republican presidential nominee held a brief pre-debate press conference with Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey, who’ve each accused Bill Clinton of sex assault or rape, and Kathy Shelton, a rape victim whose attacker was defended in 1975 by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Top Trump adviser and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told The Washington Post early Monday that Trump also planned to host those women in his personal seating box during the debate – putting them just feet away from Bill Clinton. The plan, however, was nixed by bigwigs in the presidential debate commission.

“We were going to put the four women in the VIP box,” Giuliani told The Post. “We had it all set. We wanted to have them shake hands with Bill, to see if Bill would shake hands with them.”

But Giuliani said Debate Commission Co-Chair Frank Fahrenkopf told him security would throw the women out.

“The women were outraged,” Giuliani said. “They were in the holding room and ready to go. No one was pushing them. They volunteered. But I knew the minute we got pushback that we had gotten into their heads. [Hillary Clinton] was rattled. They were rattled.”

[YogicCowboy]

All three - in some capacity - agreed.

[YogicCowboy]

There are few heroes in today’s political class. Giuliani is one.

[Peter ODonnell]

Human rights are for client groups who will promise to vote, not for ordinary folk. We have no rights, apparently.