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   A History of Sex and Abuse in the Trump Administration   
   From Ivana and Marla to Pussygate and Porter, a timeline of domestic abuse   
   and sexual misconduct allegations against Trump and his inner circle   
   February 23, 2018   
      
      
   There seems to be a pattern among powerful men in and around the White   
   House. This month, the scandal surrounding Rob Porter – who rose within the   
   Trump administration despite credible allegations he’d abused his ex-wives   
   – unfolded alongside reports that allies of the president paid to silence   
   women involved in Trump’s alleged sexual indiscretions. But the history of   
   Trump and his inner circle mistreating women goes way back – and the   
   responses to a long list of accusers have been unsettlingly consistent. In   
   Trump’s world, domestic abuse accusations are not disqualifying; alleged   
   abusers are praised as “good” men; and scandals involving sex, abuse or   
   infidelity are routinely hushed up with gag orders or cash payouts. Below   
   is a timeline of sex, lies, and abuse allegations surrounding Trump and his   
   White House.   
      
   Early 1980s   
   Seated next to Jessica Leeds on an airline, Donald Trump allegedly put up   
   the armrest and began to grope her breasts, attempting reach up her skirt.   
   “It was an assault,” Leeds later told the New York Times. “He was like an   
   octopus…. His hands were everywhere.” (Trump has denied the “preposterous,   
   ludicrous” claims, insisting they “defy truth, common sense and logic.”)   
      
   1986   
   According to a court complaint, Andrew Puzder “assaulted and battered” his   
   wife Lisa Henning leading to “severe and permanent injuries” including “two   
   ruptured discs and two bulging discs.” (Puzder has denied the abuse. The   
   ex-wife, now Lisa Fierstein, said she now regrets bringing the claim. “Andy   
   and I have since forgiven one another for the hurt we caused each other,”   
   she wrote recently.)   
      
   1988   
   Lisa Henning sues Puzder for $350,000 in damages over the 1986 incident,   
   accusing Puzder of “striking her violently about the face, chest, back,   
   shoulders and neck, without provocation or cause.”   
      
   1989   
   Divorce documents cited in the book, Lost Tycoon, describe how an enraged   
   Trump pulled out clumps of his wife Ivana’s hair, and then had sex with her   
   in a way that made Ivana feel “violated.” “During a deposition given by me   
   in connection with my matrimonial case, I stated that my husband had raped   
   me,” Ivana Trump would later write. “I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I   
   do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.” (In   
   2015, Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen denied rape had occurred,   
   arguing “you can’t rape your spouse“; Cohen later apologized for his   
   “inarticulate comment.”)   
      
      
   1990   
   Ivana granted divorce from Trump, reportedly on grounds of “cruel and   
   inhuman” treatment, that according to Ivana’s lawyers also included verbal   
   abuse and humiliation. The settlement included a gag order: Ivana   
   reportedly cannot speak about her marriage to Trump, except with his   
   permission.   
      
   1990   
   Henning detailed her alleged abuse at the hands of Puzder in an episode of   
   Oprah. Her husband, she alleged, “vowed revenge” for her speaking out,   
   telling her: “I will see you in the gutter. This will never be over. You   
   will pay for this.”   
      
   Early 1990s   
   Trump allegedly groped Kristin Anderson at a night club; she says he put   
   his hand up her skirt. “He did touch my vagina through my underwear,   
   absolutely,” she told the Washington Post. (Hope Hicks, as a spokesperson   
   for the Trump campaign dismissed the account: “Mr. Trump strongly denies   
   this phony allegation by someone looking to get some free publicity.”)   
      
   1993   
   Trump married to Marla Maples.   
      
   1996   
   The then-wife of Steve Bannon called 911 after a physical altercation that   
   reportedly left her with red marks on neck and wrist. Bannon pleaded not   
   guilty; misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and battery were later   
   dropped when his wife did not appear in court. (A Bannon spokesperson told   
   Politico: “The bottom line is he has a great relationship with… the ex-   
   wife.”)   
      
   Late 1990’s   
   Trump arrived at son Donald Jr.’s dorm room at Penn to attend a baseball   
   game. Allegedly angry that his son was wearing a Yankee’s jersey, not a   
   suit, the older Donald Trump “slapped him across the face, knocking him to   
   the floor in front of all of his classmates,” according to a witness. (A   
   spokesperson for the Trump family has called this account “completely   
   false.”)   
      
   1997   
   Trump allegedly walked into the dressing room of his Teen Miss USA contest,   
   telling half-naked contestants as young as 15 year olds, “Don’t worry,   
   ladies, I’ve seen it all before,” according to BuzzFeed. (Trump did not   
   respond to this allegation.)   
      
   1999   
   Maples and Trump divorced. As Trump flirted with a presidential run, Maples   
   told a London paper, “I will not be silent. I will feel it is my duty as an   
   American citizen to tell the people what he is really like…. His drug is   
   attention.” Trump responded that Maples signed a “confidentiality   
   agreement” that means she is “not allowed to talk.” Trump and his lawyer   
   threatened to withhold $1.5 million in alimony: “Why am I paying money'”   
   Trump asked, “to somebody that’s violated an agreement?”   
      
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   2000   
   Maples sells a tell-all memoir to be titled “All That Glitters Is Not   
   Gold,” promising “juicy details” of the ”the pain of loving” Trump. “For   
   anyone who has ever wanted to marry a millionaire,” the catalog copy read,   
   “Marla shatters the allure of that dream with poignancy and brutal   
   honesty.”   
      
   2002   
   Maples memoir cancelled. ”She signed a confidentiality agreement,” Trump   
   would tell the New York Times.   
      
   2003   
   Rob Porter married Colbie Holderness. Holderness now claims violence began   
   on their Canary Islands honeymoon, being kicked in the thigh by Porter.   
   (Porter called this and other “outrageous allegations” of abuse “simply   
   false,” contending the “vile claims” were part of “a coordinated smear   
   campaign.”)   
      
   2005   
   Trump married to Melania Knauss.   
      
   Porter allegedly punched Holderness in the face while on vacation in   
   Florence, Italy: “Up until then, he had always done it in a way that didn’t   
   leave marks,” Holderness recently told reporters for The Intercept. “He   
   threw me down on the bed and punched me in the face.”   
      
   Trump bragged to Howard Stern that he often peeped on the contestants of   
   his beauty pageants. “I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m   
   inspecting it,” Trump said. “They’re standing there with no clothes… these   
   incredible looking women… I sort of get away with things like that.”   
      
   Trump caught on tape for a filming of Access Hollywood bragging he forced   
   himself on women: “And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” he said.   
      
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