Trump ally paid sexual assault victim critical of Clinton
Source: Chicago tribune
A sexual-assault victim who is critical of Hillary Clinton and who appeared alongside Donald Trump before Sunday night's debate was paid $2,500 by a political action committee founded by Trump ally Roger Stone.
The Arkansas woman, Kathy Shelton, was sexually assaulted at age 12 and was the victim in a 1975 case in which Clinton was appointed to represent her then-41-year-old attacker, Thomas Alfred Taylor. Shelton has accused Clinton of crossing ethical bounds in the case, and over the past few months, Shelton has given TV and video interviews slamming Clinton.
Shelton's case has been extensively cited in conservative media as evidence that Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, does not have the best interests of women at heart.
The May payment to Shelton by the Committee to Restore America's Greatness PAC, founded by Stone, was described as "contract labor" in campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Asked by The Associated Press about the reason for the payment, Stone said in an email that Shelton "was extensively interviewed on video about her experience with Hillary Clinton and was paid for her time."
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Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-paid-accusers-to-appear-before-debate-20161009-story.html
The same Roger Stone who was fired from the Dole campaign in 1996, after taking out ads to find men to have sex with his wife in front of him.
Why doesn't the media make more of a deal of Trump's ties to this racist misogynist and his outlandish conspiracy theories?
They grilled Obama for months over Rev. Wright's one speech.
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Here are just some of the things Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and decades-long friend of Donald Trump, did last week: He "confirmed" that Ted Cruz's father was involved in the Kennedy assassination, called for Bernie Sanders to be shot for treason, and promised right-wing nut-job conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that "Trump will destroy Hillary."
The Cruz-Kennedy thing was vintage Stone, and was of course peddled by Trump despite the fact that he was on the verge of sweeping the Indiana primary and driving his rival out of the race for good. Trump later told Wolf Blitzer he did not believe the Kennedy assassination smear even as he was saying it.
While Trump was busy giving his victory speech and commending Cruz for making the contest competitive, Stone was still peddling the bombshell report tying Cruz's father to Kennedy's assassination.
I went over to the sheriffs department last night, Stone told AM 970 The Answer host Joe Piscopo last week. Take a computer analysis of the photo, the facial aspects of the photo, and Rafael Cruzs photo today, its a perfect match.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trumps-dirty-trickster-staggeringly-shady-dealings-political-operative-roger-stone
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)And they are mad that she did her job?
Everyone has the right to an attorney during criminal proceedings. Someone has to defend criminals per the law.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)They certainly haven't made it up to the 6th Amendment - the right to an attorney.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)You know that part about innocent until proven guilty. And I'm certainly not condoning rape, but as you eloquently stated, even a criminal is entitled to representation. It's how our system of justice operates.
Hillary was tasked with a job, and she did it.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)and was denied.
And the part where the rapist pled guilty.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)context is everything.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)It's what makes them so dangerous. This is the element of US political culture to fear and guard against.
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)
is that Shelton, a decade or so ago, was interviewed saying she bore HRC no ill-will for her part in the trial. Then, apparently after Stone's check cleared, she not only declared that she could "never forgive" Hillary for what she did to her, but insisted that she hadn't realized until just now that Clinton was the defense attorney.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)...she laughs ironically, taking about how she got the sentence reduced on technicalities and how it's basically a scam. She expressed no delight in it, she was bemused at the way the system works.
Every time I listen to that audio I'm impressed.
SunSeeker
(51,563 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Paula Jones was at the press conference, right? Looked like she had just gotten off a plane and was in sweats. I didn't see her at the debate. Did I simply miss her????
Archae
(46,328 posts)Yes. She posed nude for that sleazy magazine.
Yet Trump had her in that presser.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Just curious.
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SunSeeker
(51,563 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)n/t
yardwork
(61,622 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,816 posts)Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
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videohead5
(2,175 posts)Called the judge our whoever appointed her and tried to get them to take her off the case.the prosecution lost some of the evidence and the defendant agreed to a plea bargain.he did serve some jail time.
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Quite frankly, I don't believe Bill Clinton would be involved in the type of behavior they are accusing him of.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Does this shithead think he's sexy? He looks like many other middle aged guys.