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marmar

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Thu May 23, 2024, 08:37 AM May 23

For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It's Been More Harassment


(ProPublica) Nearly eight years ago, convinced that she’d been treated unfairly, Jessica Denson sued Donald Trump’s campaign for workplace harassment.

Then she discovered the lengths Trump’s attorneys would go to hit back — and their unwillingness to stop.

Immediately, the campaign filed a counterclaim for $1.5 million. It won a $52,229 judgment, and the campaign froze her bank account and almost forced her into bankruptcy.

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The legal resources deployed to try to crush Denson’s case are not unusual. At least four women of color involved in the 2016 operation have been embroiled in legal fights with the campaign over workplace harassment, discrimination or violations of nondisclosure agreements. They have been subjected to scorched-earth tactics. For years, the Trump campaign has persisted, despite losing consistently, in at least some cases after it was clear that its efforts had damaged the women. ............(more)

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-harassment-bullying-lawsuits




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For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It's Been More Harassment (Original Post) marmar May 23 OP
I hope this blows up in tRump's face--bigly n/t ariadne0614 May 23 #1
File under leopard ate my face RAB910 May 23 #2
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