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‘Today’ staffer leaked infamous Trump tape that ruined Billy Bush: sources
NY Post ^ | 2/23/17 | Mara Siegler and Emily Smith

Posted on 02/24/2017 1:55:49 AM PST by markomalley

The infamous “Access Hollywood” tape — in which President Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the hoo-ha — was an inside job, leaked by an NBC News staffer on Billy Bush’s own “Today” show, multiple sources tell Page Six.

“The tape was leaked by the NBC News division, by somebody at the ‘Today’ show,” says one source. “NBC News knew for a while about the existence of the tape. Billy himself had told them about it. People in the news division became frustrated that ‘Access Hollywood’ was taking too long to air it and decided it had to come out.”

“Access” had been working on airing a sanitized version of the tape, which revealed Trump’s comments but protected Bush by editing out his. But the full tape, which was leaked to the Washington Post, featured Bush goading the president. The leak got Bush fired from “Today,” which was, according to the source, part of the plan.

“The leaked tape served a dual purpose: It helped get Bush out of the way — Matt Lauer didn’t like him and felt he was a liability — and NBC thought it would derail Trump,” says the source. “But all it did was crush Billy, and, ironically, his own network was behind it.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; mediabias; msm; trump
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To: markomalley

When you don’t know you are miked you might say something that doesn’t sound too kosher. All Trump said was that people on tv get a lot of sex offers. Since that is true, no harm no foul. Except for a bunch of dumb people in Vagina hats who take everything verbatim.


41 posted on 02/24/2017 7:10:10 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Billy Beer was so bad Billy wouldn’t drink it.
It was the worst stuff I have ever seen, and I’ve seen some terrible beer.


42 posted on 02/24/2017 7:40:19 AM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: Dixie Yooper

Billy Carter admitted he was a paid lobbyist for Libya. He made three trips to Libya. It was on one of these trips that it was reported he whizzed on the tarmac near the landing gear. A grainy telephoto image was published at the time (pre-internet) which caused much water cooler commentary.

Whether or not he repeated a performance on hi home turf while squiring visiting Libyan officials is beyond my recall.


43 posted on 02/24/2017 8:52:04 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: markomalley

“and NBC thought it would derail Trump”

Bias? What media bias?


44 posted on 02/24/2017 9:42:00 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: T-Bone Texan

Oh.....young George P Bush will bide his time and probably make Congressman in a Republican/Tex-Mex district. Hopefully that will be as far as he gets.


45 posted on 02/24/2017 11:55:35 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: markomalley

We have to thank the leaker for pulling the trigger early, it gave Trump a few weeks to recover.

The top brass was waiting for the most damaging moment, a week before election, so if it wasn’t for the leaker’s impatience we would not have Trump.

Thank you!!!


46 posted on 02/24/2017 12:19:17 PM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: markomalley

Actually, he did not brag about grabbing anyone or any thing.

What he said, which any successful man knows is true, is that, proportional to your success, women, even married ones, will “let you do anything”.

That is unpleasant, and rude - but it’s God’s honest truth.


47 posted on 02/24/2017 12:25:49 PM PST by Jim Noble (Die Gedanken sind Frei)
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To: oldvirginian
Billy Beer was so bad Billy wouldn’t drink it. It was the worst stuff I have ever seen, and I’ve seen some terrible beer


48 posted on 02/24/2017 12:34:42 PM PST by Jim Noble (Die Gedanken sind Frei)
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To: Jim Noble

Worse than Billy Beer huh?
I’ll take your word for it.
Did it taste like rancid skunk in a can?


49 posted on 02/24/2017 2:53:48 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Carters or Bushs, really, what difference does it make? Same globosocialist dipshit, different retarded expression.


50 posted on 02/24/2017 3:05:40 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: markomalley

I have been wondering for a while if Trump is burning those who have profited from slandering him and destroying the country. There is a reason these leftists slander people so easily, they are immoral.


51 posted on 11/29/2017 10:32:34 AM PST by horsappl
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To: silverleaf
It’s been an excuse for too many women to,go all deranged with a terrible anger way beyond rational

Somehow, I don't notice any damage. It's been quite amusing. Talk about trusting a segment of the population with the nuclear codes?

52 posted on 11/29/2017 10:45:39 AM PST by Stentor
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To: Stentor

My comment was intended to compare today’s news of Matt Lauer getting canned for sexual assault after Matt’s “staff” made Trump’s private conversation public in order to accuse Trump of sexual assault.


53 posted on 11/29/2017 11:06:20 AM PST by horsappl
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To: jonrick46
I wonder how much of that conversation on the bus was edited? Much of that conversation did not have video of the participants. They could have cut and spliced conversation to make it sound worse than the actual words. I suspect they did.

And Billy Bush sacrificed himself to go along with the ruse? Yeah right.

54 posted on 11/29/2017 11:09:02 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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