Trump Campaign: We Paid For Bill Clinton’s Accusers To Be At The Debate

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as Juanita Broaddrick, who has accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault, speaks before the second presidential debate against democratic presiden... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as Juanita Broaddrick, who has accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault, speaks before the second presidential debate against democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) MORE LESS
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The Trump campaign said it paid for three women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct to come to the debate.

Politico reported Sunday that Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks said that the Trump campaign had picked up the tab for their travel.

“They were our invited guests,” Hicks told Politico.

But Politico also reported that Broaddrick had told reporters that the right wing news outlet Breitbart had actually paid for her travel.

On Sunday three women – Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey– all appeared in a photo opp with Trump before the second presidential debate began. The women were invited to remind voters of Bill Clinton’s own sexual transgressions as Trump faced ire over leaked video showing him speaking crudely about his involvement with women.

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  1. Waste of money cause nobody cares.

  2. TODAY, On “No Shit?! News”…

  3. Avatar for nymund nymund says:

    As James Carville put it so memorably back in the day: “If you drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find!"

  4. I thought the whole deal with these women just made Drumpf look that much more desperate to deflect from his reprehensible behavior. I’m really curious how women interpreted it.

  5. Avatar for meta meta says:

    Distraction is all he’s got. Issues? Forget about it.

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