'Found liable': CNN pundit points to Trump sex abuse verdict as Monica Lewinsky resurfaces
New comments from Monica Lewinsky about Bill Clinton prompted a CNN panelist to resurface Donald Trump's liability for sexual abuse Wednesday.
The former White House intern told “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper that she believes Clinton should have resigned after news broke of their affair, rather than lying about it, tarnishing both of their reputations and eventually getting impeached by the Republican-led House.
"I think it's hurt him in the party, I think it's hurt the Clinton brand," said New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro. "You know, there was a lot of nostalgia in the Democratic Party about the '90s, about balanced budgets, etc., etc., and I think with the benefit of hindsight is that actually it was sordid, he did not behave honorably, and whether or not he should have resigned or not, I will leave that to others to decide. But certainly no one views Bill Clinton in the same way now."
However, she said, the affair seems almost quaint in the Trump era, after the current president was re-elected despite a jury finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carrol in 1996, around the same time as the Clinton-Lewinsky affair. She was awarded $5 million in damages.
"Now we have a president who has been credibly accused of sexual assault and found liable in a civilian court," Garcia-Navarro said. "I mean, you know, on the other side of this, there's been a lot of things that have changed to where there's more permissiveness about what people do in public office, and so, I mean, we have Elon Musk, who is the father of 13 children and has his ex-partner pleading for him to be a good father on social media. So, you know, I think, a lot to discuss about this."
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