On Monday (Sep. 8), Donald Trump gave a speech at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., where he shared his frustrations with local crime statistics still including incidents of domestic violence.
Trump bragged that his deployment of federal troops to the capital had transformed Washington from “the worst, the most violent city” into “a totally safe zone.” In his explanation, he claimed that the city was crime-free until domestic disputes were factored in.
“There’s no crime. They said crime is down 87 percent — no, no, no, it’s more than 87 percent, [it’s] virtually nothing,” he told the crowd. “Much lesser things, things that take place in the home, they call crime, you know — they’ll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say, ‘This was a crime, see,’ so now I can’t claim 100 percent. But we are a safe city.”
It isn’t surprising that Trump feels that way about DV cases, given his own history. Reportedly, Trump has had more than a dozen women accusing him of harassment, abuse, or sexual assault over the years — allegations he’s consistently denied.
Trump’s remarks came amid a federal appeals court upholding an $83 million defamation judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. That ruling follows a 2023 verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll, as well as last year’s conviction on 34 felony counts tied to falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign.
Stormy Daniels (Stephanie Clifford) exits the United States District Court Southern District of New York for a hearing related to Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney and confidante, April 16, 2018 in New York City.
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A 2018 report from Mother Jones revealed how Trump allegedly engaged in an affair with Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) in 2006 and asked her to spank him with a copy of Forbes magazine. The issue was a 2006 cover of himself and children.
Reportedly, Democratic political consultant Andrea Dubé and others who worked with Daniels in 2009 backed up her claims. They recalled that “one time he made her sit with him for three hours watching Shark Week.”
