TMZ Staffers Claim Harvey Levin Worked to Discredit Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers in Bombshell...

[DonViejo]

TMZ Staffers Claim Harvey Levin Worked to Discredit Trump’s Sexual Assault Accusers in Bombshell Report

by Aidan McLaughlin | 9:27 pm, May 28th, 2018

A new report from the Daily Beast details the extent of the relationship between Harvey Levin, the founder of TMZ, and Donald Trump — including attempts to provide cover for the candidate after the release of the Access Hollywood tape, an allegedly salacious video of Trump that might have been quashed, and even personal efforts on the part of Levin to discredit Trump’s sexual assault accusers.

The extensive story, by the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright, includes a vast array of current and former sources at the gossip mega-website who described Levin’s cozy and mutually beneficial relationship with Trump.

One stunning revelation, based on two sources who spoke to the Beast, is Levin’s unusual involvement with stories on Trump’s sexual assault accusers:

After Jessica Leeds accused Trump of groping her on an airplane in the late 1970s, Levin personally called airlines to determine what happened.

“I remember when that woman started making allegations against Trump, Harvey made it a mission for days to discredit her,” a former staffer said. “In that instance he called airlines to ask what kind of armrests they were using at that time as this woman had said she was assaulted by Trump on a plane after he lifted the armrest up. Harvey personally called airlines.

“Harvey was convinced that when this incident occurred armrests didn’t lift up. He wanted to find a way to say she’s a liar.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. Just when you thought TMZ's obsession with trashy celebs acting, well, "trashily" and nudity--

constant and gratuitous--was bad enough.... he's interjecting Trump-supporting politics?

No hell bad enough for "Harvey" and National Enquirer's Trump-loving David Pecker.

[Kingofalldems]

2. It has been obvious all along that TMZ was pro Trump.

[riversedge]

3. so, Trump had a close buddy at TMZ-pillow talk like Hannity provides now...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tmz-goes-maga-how-harvey-levins-gossip-empire-became-trumps-best-friend/
......“Leading up to the election there were many phone calls between Harvey and Trump. Harvey was in close contact with the Trump team frequently,” said a former TMZ top executive who, like others, spoke under the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from Levin.

[Freethinker65]

4. This is no surprise. Same with the National Enquirer

Media friends of Trump were helping Trump. Not unexpected. The fact that there was little pushback from non-sensational media is was what surprising to me.

One utterance of the term " superpredators" was enough to bash Hillary to targeted groups for months, while grab em by the pussy by a known adulterer became "lockerroom talk" within weeks and anyone concerned about it was accused of playing the female victim card. Trump was even able to get away with making fun of the women that came forward to accuse him by saying they were not sexy nor attractive enough to be his type...Like harassing attractive women was acceptable, but the media pretty much let it slide. He announced bringing Clinton's accusers to one of the debates and the media did their thing.

The question now is how does the Democratic Party combat this? Exposing the players early and often is important, but it throws the party off message, always having to deflect and answer for allegations made by the GOP. Having massive amounts of foreign money and help working against us, made/makes it even more challenging.