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Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim
NY Post ^ | 10/14/16 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 10/14/2016 2:44:00 PM PDT by justlittleoleme

Donald Trump’s campaign says a British man is countering claims that the GOP presidential nominee groped a woman on a cross-country flight more than three decades ago.

The man says he was sitting across from the accuser and contacted the Trump campaign because he was incensed by her account — which is at odds with what he witnessed.

“I have only met this accuser once and frankly cannot imagine why she is seeking to make out that Trump made sexual advances on her. Not only did he not do so (and I was present at all times) but it was she that was the one being flirtatious,” Anthony Gilberthorpe said in a note provided to The Post by the Trump campaign.

In an exclusive interview arranged by the campaign, Gilberthorpe said he was on the flight — in either 1980 or 1981— where Jessica Leeds claimed Trump groped her.

Gilberthorpe, 54, said he was sitting across the first class aisle from the couple and saw nothing inappropriate. Leeds was wearing a white pantsuit, he said, while Trump was wearing a suit and cuff-links, which he gave to his British flight companion.

Indeed, Gilberthorpe claimed, Leeds was “trying too hard” in her attempt to win Trump over.

“She wanted to marry him,” Gilberthorpe said of Leeds, who apparently made the confession when Trump excused himself and went to the bathroom.

There was no kissing, but the “shrill” Leeds was “very much in your face” with the real estate developer.

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“The guy in the seat across the aisle could see. And I kept thinking, maybe the stewardess is going to come and he’ll stop, but she never came,” Leeds told CNN.

That allegation infuriated Gilberthorpe, a retiree living in northwest England, who said, “That I sat there — eyes bulging —  and not intervening is nonsense.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; gilberthorpe; gutter; leeds; lies; trump; winning
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To: justlittleoleme

this guy looks like bad news

The story was splashed across the Sunday Mirror the next day. Anthony Gilberthorpe had set the whole thing up, ensuring that I was up in York in his flat with Anna, that the room was covered in CCTV and wired for sound. I’d known him for years, he’d been a friend of the family, but he was paid about £25,000.

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/nov/16/features.magazine57


101 posted on 10/14/2016 7:38:45 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: justlittleoleme

All the phony dirt they’re digging up on Trump is reminiscent of Nixon’s “dirty tricksters’ back in 1972, the Committee to re-elect the President (CREEP). The dems have become that which they despised. The difference being, back in Nixon’s time there was no social media to speak of, the only emails were messages transmitted between two primitive, (by today’s standards) computers at MIT and UCLA. But that was then, this is now.


102 posted on 10/14/2016 7:52:15 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: rolling_stone

I hope this guy is a trap by Trump..let the media dis him then Donald shows he always flew in his own or charter planes.

How did it get to the media, story says trump campaign gave a note to the media...doesn’t sound right...my instinct smells something fishy here.

oh trump wasn’t blonde in 1979-early 80’s but she said he was in 1979...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahburton/mind-if-i-comb-over?utm_term=.ci0O950Ey#.ueEbyp3lB


103 posted on 10/14/2016 8:37:31 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: stocksthatgoup
EZ to check flight manifest

No, the airline was reportedly Braniff. They went out of business in the 80's.

104 posted on 10/15/2016 8:22:18 AM PDT by justlurking
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To: Ray76; FenwickBabbitt
He remembers what people were wearing?

You would be surprised at what some people can remember.

There are certain things that I remember very well, and see them almost as clearly as the moment that it occurred.

Some are very significant events in my life. But, there are others that stick in my mind for no discernible reason.

But, I can't remember where I left my car keys.

The article says that Trump gave this witness his cufflinks. That may be the trigger that made the trigger that made this event memorable.

105 posted on 10/15/2016 8:29:31 AM PDT by justlurking
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