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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa057)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape","crawl_time":1775005636,"first_indexed_time":1513438044,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"On October 7, 2016, one month before the\nUnited States presidential election that year\n,\nThe Washington Post\npublished a video and article about then-presidential candidate\nDonald Trump\nand television host\nBilly Bush\nhaving a lewd conversation about women in September 2005. Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of\nAccess Hollywood\n, a show owned by\nNBCUniversal\n. In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, \"I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.\"\n[\n1\n]\nNews of the recording broke two days before the second\n2016 presidential debate\nbetween Trump, the\nRepublican\nnominee, and\nDemocratic\nnominee\nHillary Clinton\n. The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president\nBill Clinton\nhad \"said far worse to me on the golf course\".\n[\n2\n]\nThe following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks \"\nlocker room banter\n\" and apologized, stating that \"I've said and done things I regret\".\n[\n3\n]\nBush was fired from his position as a host on\nToday\n, another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the\nNBC\ntelevision network.\nStatements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate\nMike Pence\n, Senate Majority Leader\nMitch McConnell\n, and\nRepublican National Committee\nChairman\nReince Priebus\n, indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee\nJohn McCain\n, stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker\nPaul Ryan\nannounced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump.\nMany commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as\nsexual assault\n.\n[\n4\n]\nOthers argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy.\n[\n5\n]\nSeveral women made\nallegations of sexual misconduct against Trump\n.\nThe release of the tape was regarded as an \"\nOctober surprise\n\", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election.\n[\n6\n]\n[\n7\n]\nAccording to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump.\n[\n8\n]\nDespite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election.\nTrump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for\na civil lawsuit\nbrought by author\nE. Jean Carroll\n, who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, \"historically, that's true with stars\" and \"if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately.\"\n[\n9\n]\nThe tape was used as evidence during the trial.\n[\n10\n]\nOn May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her $5 million.\n[\n11\n]\nOn July 19, 2023, Judge\nKaplan\ndenied Donald Trump's request for a new trial.\n[\n12\n]\nThe video was recorded in September 2005 in the\nNBC Studios\nparking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC\nsoap opera\nDays of Our Lives\n.\nAccess Hollywood\n,\n[\n13\n]\na\nsyndicated\nentertainment news program owned by\nNBCUniversal\n,\n[\n14\n]\nconducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a\ntour bus\nfor the\nAccess Across America\nseries of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with\nBilly Bush\n, then co-anchor of\nAccess Hollywood\n, on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones,\nwhich recorded their casual conversation\n. Trump was later described as \"apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program\".\n[\n15\n]\nAccording to an\nAccess Hollywood\nspokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a\nproduction assistant\n, Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with\nArianne Zucker\n, who portrayed\nNicole Walker\non the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred.\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\nIn the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce\nNancy O'Dell\n, who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording:\n[\n18\n]\nI moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it.\nI did try and fuck her. She was married.\nAnd I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, \"I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.\" I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the\nbig phony tits\nand everything. She's totally changed her look.\n[\n13\n]\nLater, referring to\nArianne Zucker\n(whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says:\nI better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.\n[\n13\n]\nAccording to\nAccess Hollywood\n, the discovery of the video was prompted by \"Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an\nAssociated Press\nstory in which 20 former\nApprentice\nemployees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate.\"\n[\n19\n]\nAn NBC source said that an\nAccess Hollywood\nproducer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives.\n[\n14\n]\n[\n20\n]\nThe celebrity news website\nTMZ\nreports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to\nTMZ\n) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it.\n[\n21\n]\n[\n22\n]\nNBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released.\n[\n15\n]\nBy October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days.\n[\n15\n]\n[\n23\n]\nOn October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to\nWashington Post\nreporter\nDavid Fahrenthold\n, who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m.\n[\n13\n]\n[\n14\n]\nAlerted that the\nPost\nmight release the story immediately,\n[\n14\n]\nNBC News released its own story \"mere minutes\" after the\nPost\nstory was published.\n[\n16\n]\nBy that evening, the\nPost\n's\nstory had become \"the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the\nPost\n's\nwebsite\" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The\nPost\n's\nservers\nwent offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic.\n[\n14\n]\nThis story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the\nPulitzer Prize\nfor National Reporting.\n[\n24\n]\nDemonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the\nWomen's March on Washington\n[\n25\n]\nReaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent\nHillary Clinton\namong the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, \"This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.\"\n[\n26\n]\nClinton's VP running mate\nTim Kaine\nsaid of the tape, \"It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised.\"\n[\n27\n]\nAt the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, \"With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different.\"\n[\n28\n]\nIn the second episode of\nseason 42\nof\nSaturday Night Live\n(first aired on October 8),\nAlec Baldwin\nparodied the controversy as Trump.\n[\n29\n]\n[\n30\n]\n[\n31\n]\nSamantha Bee\n, the host of\nFull Frontal with Samantha Bee\n, reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an \"apology\" for the parodied video on Twitter.\n[\n32\n]\nSinger-songwriter\nCarly Simon\ndonated her 1972 song \"\nYou're So Vain\n\" for use in an anti-Trump\nadvertisement\n– the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape.\n[\n33\n]\nMedia and legal profession attention\n[\nedit\n]\nTouching a person's\ngenitals\nwithout consent (also known as\ngroping\n) is considered\nsexual assault\nin most jurisdictions in the United States.\n[\n34\n]\n[\n35\n]\n[\n36\n]\n[\n37\n]\nMany attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault.\n[\n13\n]\n[\n38\n]\n[\n39\n]\nLisa Bloom\n, a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: \"Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent.\"\n[\n38\n]\nTrump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault.\n[\n40\n]\n[\n41\n]\n[\n42\n]\nJournalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women.\n[\n43\n]\n[\n4\n]\nJohn Banzhaf\n, a\nGeorge Washington University\npublic interest law professor, stated, \"if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault\", as indicated in Trump's statement \"I don't even wait.\" It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated \"I don't even wait\", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement \"and when you're a star,\nthey let you do it\n. You can do anything.\"\n[\n5\n]\nIt brought further media comment on Trump's history of\ncriticizing women for their looks\n, among other remarks criticized as\nsexist\n.\n[\n44\n]\n[\n45\n]\nOn October 8,\nCNN\naired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to\nThe Howard Stern Show\nprior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the\nAccess Hollywood\ntape.\n[\n46\n]\nIn September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter\nIvanka\n's body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter \"a piece of ass\".\n[\n46\n]\n[\n47\n]\nWhile the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape,\n[\n48\n]\nmainly due to his statement that Zucker \"[is] hot as shit\" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from\nThe Today Show\n, where he was an anchor at the time.\nThe Washington Post\nstated, \"Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair.\"\n[\n48\n]\nThere were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his\nTwitter\naccount was taken down on the evening of October 7.\n[\n48\n]\nThat evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, \"Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry.\"\n[\n48\n]\nThe controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on\nToday\ncould be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a\ntoxic work environment\nbetween Bush and the show's mostly female production staff.\n[\n49\n]\nNBC\nexecutives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of\nToday\n.\n[\n49\n]\nPolitico\nnoted that the audience of\nToday\nis disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal.\n[\n49\n]\nOn Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from\nToday\nindefinitely pending further review;\n[\n50\n]\nas he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast.\n[\n51\n]\nOne day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was \"negotiating his exit\".\n[\n51\n]\n[\n52\n]\nOn October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned.\n[\n53\n]\nBush's status as a member of the\nBush family\n(specifically, as the cousin of former president\nGeorge W. Bush\nand the nephew of former president\nGeorge H. W. Bush\n[\n51\n]\n) was also noted in the wake of the controversy.\nThe Economist\nnoted, \"Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's\nToday\nnews show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin\nJeb\n, whom many Republicans had expected to win it?\"\n[\n54\n]\nPeople and entities mentioned by Trump\n[\nedit\n]\nNancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said:\nPolitics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.\n[\n18\n]\nIn response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape,\nTic Tac\nissued a statement on Twitter stating, \"Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.\"\n[\n55\n]\nReacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, \"How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect.\"\n[\n56\n]\n[\n57\n]\nTrump and his wife Melania\nThe tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife,\nMelania\n, while she was pregnant with their son Barron.\n[\n58\n]\n: 2 \nAccording to\nChris Christie\n, Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her.\n[\n58\n]\n: 2–3 \nThe campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy.\n[\n58\n]\n: 3 \nWhen they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said \"now you could lose, you could have blown this for us\" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology.\n[\n58\n]\n: 3–4 \nMelania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied \"no\".\n[\n58\n]\n: 4 \nMelania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press.\n[\n58\n]\n: 4–5 \nHer statement read:\nThe words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.\n[\n58\n]\n: 5 \nMelania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with\nAnderson Cooper\n, who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was \"very strong\" and \"very confident\".\n[\n58\n]\n: 8 \nIn the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by \"left-wing media\".\n[\n58\n]\n: 9 \nShe asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical.\n[\n58\n]\n: 8–9 \nDuring\nthe next presidential debate\n, Melania attended wearing a\npussy bow\n, causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape.\n[\n58\n]\n: 7 \nThe incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans.\nRepublican National Committee\n(RNC) Chairman\nReince Priebus\nsaid, \"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.\" The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter.\n[\n59\n]\n[\n60\n]\nFormer Massachusetts governor\nMitt Romney\n, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, \"Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world.\" Ohio governor\nJohn Kasich\n, a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks \"indefensible\"; former Florida governor\nJeb Bush\n, also a former primary rival, called them \"reprehensible\".\n[\n61\n]\nSenate Majority Leader\nMitch McConnell\nalso denounced the video, but continued to support Trump.\n[\n62\n]\nPaul Ryan\n, the\nHouse Speaker\n, disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,\n[\n63\n]\nannounced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying \"you all need to do what's best for you and your district\"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump.\n[\n62\n]\n[\n64\n]\nMany members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video,\n[\n65\n]\n[\n66\n]\nincluding Governors\nBill Haslam\n[\n67\n]\nand\nRobert J. Bentley\n;\n[\n68\n]\nRepresentatives\nBradley Byrne\n,\n[\n66\n]\nJason Chaffetz\n,\n[\n69\n]\nand\nJoe Heck\n;\n[\n70\n]\nand Senators\nKelly Ayotte\n,\n[\n71\n]\nMike Crapo\n,\n[\n72\n]\nand\nJohn McCain\n.\n[\n73\n]\nFormer\nCalifornia governor\nArnold Schwarzenegger\n, who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: \"For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American.\"\n[\n74\n]\nBy October 11, \"nearly a third\" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump.\n[\n75\n]\nOther Republicans expressed continued support for Trump,\n[\n76\n]\nincluding former 2016 Republican candidate\nBen Carson\n,\n[\n77\n]\nevangelical\nleaders\nTony Perkins\nand\nRalph E. Reed Jr.\n,\n[\n78\n]\nand former Trump\ncampaign manager\nCorey Lewandowski\n.\n[\n78\n]\nOther evangelical leaders, particularly the\nSouthern Baptist Convention\nEthics and Policy Director, Dr.\nRussell D. Moore\n, publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump.\n[\n79\n]\nIn a tweet,\nTed Cruz\nquestioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years.\n[\n80\n]\nCalls to drop campaign\n[\nedit\n]\nBy October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate,\nMike Pence\n, take over the Republican ticket.\n[\n81\n]\n[\n82\n]\n[\n83\n]\nAmong those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor\nJon Huntsman Jr.\n, U.S. Senators\nDan Sullivan\nof Alaska,\nCory Gardner\nof Colorado and\nDeb Fischer\nof\nNebraska\n, and U.S. Representatives\nJason Chaffetz\nof Utah,\nBradley Byrne\nof\nAlabama\n,\nRodney Davis\nof Illinois, and\nAnn Wagner\nof\nMissouri\n.\n[\n83\n]\n[\n65\n]\nPence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, \"As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.\" However, he said he still supported Trump since he \"has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people.\"\n[\n76\n]\n[\n84\n]\n[\n85\n]\nTrump insisted he would never drop out.\n[\n86\n]\nAs of October 8, depending upon the state:\nIt was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons.\n[\n87\n]\nMany general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them.\n[\n87\n]\nIn states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast.\n[\n87\n]\nFor these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee.\n[\n87\n]\n[\n88\n]\nWithdrawal of political support\n[\nedit\n]\nAs the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person.\n[\n82\n]\n[\n83\n]\nOn the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: \"The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #\nMAGA\n\".\n[\n89\n]\nThe Republican National Committee continued to support Trump,\n[\n90\n]\nand within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him.\n[\n91\n]\nSteve Bannon\nsaid in an interview on\n60 Minutes\nthat response to the controversy served as a \"\nlitmus test\n\" for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were \"completely indefensible\".\n[\n92\n]\nExternal videos\nDonald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women\non\nYouTube\nvia\nPBS Newshour\n, October 7, 2016\nTrump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse.\nAfter the release of the\nAccess Hollywood\nvideo, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website:\nThis was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago.\nBill Clinton\nhas said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.\n[\n93\n]\nEarly on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, \"I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.\" He went on to \"pledge to be a better man\", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had \"abused women\", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims.\n[\n94\n]\nTrump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days.\n[\n95\n]\nTrump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents.\n[\n95\n]\n[\n96\n]\n[\n97\n]\nTrump tweeted the next day: \"Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!\"\n[\n98\n]\n[\n99\n]\nOn October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was \"locker room talk\", then said, \"I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people.\"\n[\n100\n]\nIn 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed.\n[\n101\n]\n[\n102\n]\nIn January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording.\n[\n103\n]\n[\n104\n]\nEffects and aftermath\n[\nedit\n]\nClinton–Trump debates\n[\nedit\n]\nThe release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the\nOctober 9 debate\nbetween Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in\nSt. Louis\nwith\nPaula Jones\n,\nKathleen Willey\n, and\nJuanita Broaddrick\n, who have\npreviously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct\n, and\nKathy Shelton\n, a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed\npublic defender\n. Describing the conference as his \"debate prep\", Trump described the women as \"courageous\" and \"victims of the Clintons\", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons.\n[\n105\n]\nAt the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the\nAccess Hollywood\ntape.\n[\n105\n]\nClinton's campaign dismissed the conference as \"an act of desperation\" and denounced Trump's \"destructive race to the bottom\".\n[\n105\n]\nFirst Lady\nMichelle Obama\nsaid referring to the controversy, \"It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted.\"\n[\n106\n]\nThe\nNew York Times\nreported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told\nReince Priebus\nthat Trump had to leave to attend a \"meet and greet\" because they feared that \"Priebus would object if he knew the truth\". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, \"[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are] going to rub up on you and be crying... [a]nd you're going to be empathetic.\" In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back \"like a Roman emperor\", and said \"I love it\". Juanita Broaddrick told the\nTimes\nshe had \"no idea what we were going in there for... [b]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again.\"\n[\n107\n]\nDuring the debate itself,\nco-moderator\nAnderson Cooper\npressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it \"was locker room talk\" and \"I'm not proud of it\", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded \"I have not.\"\n[\n39\n]\nIt was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening.\n[\n108\n]\nThe\nAssociated Press\nlater reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally\nRoger Stone\nduring the campaign.\n[\n109\n]\nShortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer\nKelly Oxford\nposted on Twitter, \"Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats.\"\n[\n110\n]\nWithin hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week.\n[\n110\n]\nResponse of athletes and coaches\n[\nedit\n]\nNews report of voter reactions by\nVoice of America\nNumerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was \"locker room talk\", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable.\n[\n111\n]\n[\n112\n]\n[\n113\n]\nLos Angeles Clippers\nhead coach\nDoc Rivers\nsaid, \"[If Trump's comments are locker room talk] that's a new locker room for me.\"\n[\n114\n]\nOakland Athletics\npitcher\nSean Doolittle\ntweeted, \"As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk.\"\n[\n111\n]\n[\n114\n]\nKansas City Chiefs\nwide receiver\nChris Conley\ntweeted, \"Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know\".\n[\n111\n]\n[\n114\n]\nLos Angeles Dodgers\npitcher\nBrett Anderson\ntweeted, \"What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in\".\n[\n114\n]\nNBA\npoint guard\nKendall Marshall\ntweeted, \"PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk.\"\n[\n111\n]\n[\n114\n]\n[\n115\n]\nLA Galaxy\nmidfielder\nRobbie Rogers\ntweeted, \"I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this \"locker room talk\" as an excuse.\"\n[\n115\n]\nOlympic hurdler and sprinter\nQueen Harrison\ntweeted, \"Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be.\"\n[\n115\n]\nAtlanta Falcons\ntight end\nJacob Tamme\ntweeted, \"It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right.\"\n[\n111\n]\n[\n115\n]\nThese responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag #NotInMyLockerRoom.\n[\n111\n]\nEleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer\nFloyd Mayweather\ndefended Trump's comments stating, \"People don't like the truth\n \n... He speak like a real man spoke.\n \n... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'\"\n[\n116\n]\n[\n117\n]\nAnti-Trump memes and campaigns\n[\nedit\n]\nProtester sign \"Grab 'em by the combover\" (reference to Trump's\ncomb over\nhairstyle), Washington DC, 2017\nThe backlash from the comments prompted a \"Pussy Grabs Back\"\nhashtag\nurging women to vote against Trump on\nElection Day\n. Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media.\nThe Guardian\nwrote that an image of a snarling cat became a \"rallying cry for female rage against Trump\".\n[\n118\n]\n[\n119\n]\n[\n120\n]\nTrump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to\nmore accusations\nby several women that Trump sexually assaulted them.\n[\n121\n]\n[\n122\n]\nTrump's campaign denied the allegations.\n[\n123\n]\nIn response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called #GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to\nboycott\nvarious companies that sell Trump-related products.\n[\n124\n]\nVarious companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including\nShoes.com\n,\nNordstrom\n,\nBergdorf Goodman\n, and\nNeiman Marcus\n.\n[\n125\n]\nAlleged other tapes\n[\nedit\n]\nOn October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show\nThe Apprentice\nand journalist\nGeraldo Rivera\nsaid that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public.\n[\n126\n]\n[\n127\n]\nRivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal.\n[\n128\n]\nSince the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series\nThe Apprentice\n, claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are \"far worse\". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another\nApprentice\nproducer,\nChris Nee\n, claimed on Twitter that Trump said \"the N-word\" in the archived footage.\n[\n129\n]\n[\n130\n]\nNee later deleted the tweet.\n[\n131\n]\n[\n132\n]\nA\nGoFundMe\ncampaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising $5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the \"Trump Sunlight Campaign\". Nee wrote on Twitter to\nMark Cuban\nthat there is a $5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked.\n[\n130\n]\n[\n133\n]\nDavid Brock\nalso offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from\nThe Apprentice\n.\n[\n134\n]\n[\n135\n]\nBy election day, the \"Sunlight campaign\" had raised $40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate $25,000 of the fundraised amount to\nThe Nation Institute\n, with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of \"investigative work\" done by the campaign.\n[\n136\n]\nE. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit\n[\nedit\n]\nIn Trump's late 2022 deposition for\nE. Jean Carroll\n's defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, \"Well, historically, that's true with stars.\" Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial.\n[\n137\n]\n[\n138\n]\nThe jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll.\n[\n139\n]\nAfter the jury in the case awarded Carroll $5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. In declining this request,\n[\n140\n]\nKaplan cited, among other things, the\nAccess Hollywood\ntape in his decision, saying, \"Mr. Trump's own words from the Access Hollywood tape and from his deposition – that (a) stars '[u]nfortunately or fortunately' 'c[ould] do anything' they wished to do to women, including 'grab[bing] them by the pussy' and (b) he considers himself to be a 'star' – could have been regarded by the jury as a sort of personal confession as to his behavior.\"\n[\n141\n]\n2017 Women's March\nStormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal\nProtests against Donald Trump\nTiny Hands\nMeToo movement\nOctober surprise\n^\n\"Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. October 8, 2016\n. Retrieved\nNovember 30,\n2023\n.\n^\nJohnston, Ian (October 7, 2016).\n\"Trump claims Bill Clinton said 'far worse to me' amid storm over lewd remarks about women\"\n.\nThe Independent\n. 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Retrieved\nNovember 30,\n2023\n.\n^\nHoward, Adam (October 10, 2016).\n\"Athletes and Coaches to Donald Trump: Sexual Assault Is Not 'Locker Room Talk'\n\"\n.\nNBC News\n.\n^\nGregory, Sean (October 10, 2016).\n\"Donald Trump Dismisses His 'Locker Room Talk' As Normal. Athletes Say It's Not\"\n.\nTime\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 11, 2016\n. Retrieved\nNovember 30,\n2023\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\ne\nSatlin, Alana Horowitz (October 10, 2016).\n\"Pro Athletes Say No One Talks Like Trump in Locker Rooms\"\n.\nHuffPost\n. Retrieved\nNovember 30,\n2023\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\nHauser, Christine; Bromwich, Jonah Engel (October 10, 2016).\n\"From 'Locker Room Talk' to 'Muslims Report Stuff,' the Internet Strikes Back\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n. Retrieved\nOctober 12,\n2016\n.\n^\nWells, Adam (September 14, 2017).\n\"Floyd Mayweather: Donald Trump Is a 'Real Man' for P---y Grabbing Comments\"\n. Bleacher Report\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 14,\n2017\n.\n^\nChavez, Chris (September 14, 2017).\n\"Floyd Mayweather Says Trump's 'Grab Them by the P----' Comments Are How a 'Real Man' Talks\"\n. Sports Illustrated\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 14,\n2017\n.\n^\nPuglise, Nicole (October 10, 2016).\n\"\n'Pussy grabs back' becomes rallying cry for female rage against Trump\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\n^\nJohnson, Ted (October 13, 2016).\n\"\n'Apprentice' Editor Says Trump Made Lewd Comments About Women Between Takes\"\n.\nVariety\n.\n^\n\"Tom Hanks was asked if he was 'offended' by Donald Trump. He didn't hold back\"\n.\nThe Independent\n. October 12, 2016.\n^\nAvila, Theresa (October 13, 2016).\n\"More Women Accuse Donald Trump of Touching Them Inappropriately Without Their Consent\"\n.\nNew York\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 10, 2017\n. Retrieved\nOctober 13,\n2016\n.\n^\nHelderman, Rosalind S. (October 15, 2016).\n\"The growing list of women who have stepped forward to accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n. p. The Washington Post\n. Retrieved\nOctober 15,\n2016\n.\n^\nStuart, Tessa (October 12, 2016).\n\"Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe\"\nArchived\nOctober 12, 2016, at the\nWayback Machine\n.\nRolling Stone\n.\n^\nTaylor, Kate (November 15, 2016).\n\"An anti-Trump movement is calling for the boycott of these 32 retailers\"\n.\nBusiness Insider\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 5,\n2017\n.\n^\nMcGrath, Maggie (February 3, 2017).\n\"A #GrabYourWallet Effect? Following Nordstrom Drop, Ivanka Trump Line Disappears From Neiman Marcus Website\"\n.\nForbes\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 5,\n2017\n.\n^\nSutton, Kelsey (October 9, 2016).\n\"Geraldo Rivera: 'I have tapes' of 'embarrassing' statements from Trump\"\n.\nPolitico\nblogs\n. Retrieved\nOctober 11,\n2016\n.\n^\nGold, Hadas\n(October 9, 2016).\n\"David Brock: I will pay for 'Apprentice' tapes\"\n.\nPolitico\nblogs.\n^\nFlood, Brian (October 12, 2016).\n\"Geraldo Rivera Apologizes to Donald Trump, Doesn't Have Dirt on Him After All\"\n.\nTheWrap\n. Retrieved\nOctober 12,\n2016\n.\n^\nMorris, David (October 9, 2016).\n\"There's Allegedly \"Apprentice\" Footage of Donald Trump Saying the N-Word\"\n.\nFortune\n. Retrieved\nDecember 20,\n2016\n.\n^\na\nb\nHoward, Adam (October 11, 2016).\n\"Days after Trump's lewd comments were revealed, the controversy rolls on\"\n.\nNBC News\n. Retrieved\nDecember 20,\n2016\n.\n^\nJane, Talia (December 20, 2016).\n\"Tom Arnold says he has 'Apprentice' tapes of Trump saying \"n*gger\" and \"retard\"\n\"\n. Mic\n. Retrieved\nDecember 20,\n2016\n.\n^\nMcafee, Tierney (December 20, 2016).\n\"Tom Arnold Claims He Has Apprentice Outtakes of Trump Saying the N-Word, the C-Word and Calling His Son a 'Retard'\n\"\n. People\n. Retrieved\nDecember 20,\n2016\n.\n^\nBrucculieri, Julia (October 10, 2016).\n\"There's A GoFundMe To Get More Supposedly Damning Trump Tapes Released\"\n.\nHuffPost\n.\n^\nGold, Hadas (October 9, 2016).\n\"David Brock: I will pay for 'Apprentice' tapes\"\n.\nPolitico\n. Retrieved\nApril 3,\n2021\n.\n^\n\"Stop Salivating Over More Trump Tapes\"\n. Retrieved\nNovember 1,\n2016\n.\n^\nAnnear, Steve (October 12, 2016).\n\"Are there more damaging Trump tapes out there? Somerville man hopes so - The Boston Globe\"\n.\nThe Boston Globe\n. Retrieved\nDecember 20,\n2016\n.\n^\nMangan, Dan (February 17, 2023).\n\"Trump seeks to bar evidence of 2 other alleged sexual assaults at rape defamation trial\"\n.\nCNBC\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 18,\n2023\n.\n^\nGregorian, Dareh (February 17, 2023).\n\"Trump seeks to bar 'Access Hollywood' tape from defamation trial\"\n.\nNBC News\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 18,\n2023\n.\n^\n\"Jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit trial\"\n.\nCBS News\n. May 9, 2023.\n^\nDiaz, Jaclyn (July 19, 2020).\n\"A federal judge denies Trump's request for new trial in E. Jean Carroll legal saga\"\n.\nNPR\n. Retrieved\nJuly 20,\n2023\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\nKaplan, Lewis (July 19, 2023).\n\"MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT'S RULE 59 MOTION\"\n(PDF)\n.\nUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York\n. p. 43\n. Retrieved\nJuly 20,\n2023\n– via\nCourtListener\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\nTaub, Amanda (October 10, 2016).\n\"Special Tax on Women: Trump Tape Is a Reminder of the Cost of Harassment\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. Retrieved\nOctober 12,\n2016\n.\n\"Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. October 8, 2016\n. 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Trump Presidential Library\")  Tenure First 100 days [first](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_100_days_of_the_first_Trump_presidency \"First 100 days of the first Trump presidency\") [second](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_100_days_of_the_second_Trump_presidency \"First 100 days of the second Trump presidency\") [Executive actions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump \"List of executive actions by Donald Trump\") [executive orders](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_executive_orders_\$disambiguation\$ \"Trump executive orders (disambiguation)\") [proclamations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lists_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump \"Lists of proclamations by Donald Trump\") [pardons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump_\$disambiguation\$ \"List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump (disambiguation)\") 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administration\") [China trade war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war \"China–United States trade war\") Environment [first](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Environmental policy of the first Trump administration\") [second](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration \"Environmental policy of the second Trump administration\") Foreign [first](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Foreign policy of the first Trump administration\") [second](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_policy_of_the_second_Trump_administration \"Foreign policy of the second Trump administration\") [America First](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/America_First_\$policy\$ \"America First (policy)\") [Donroe Doctrine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donroe_Doctrine \"Donroe Doctrine\") Immigration 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presidential campaign\") [rallies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_rallies_\$December_2016%E2%80%932022\$#2020_presidential_campaign \"List of Donald Trump rallies (December 2016–2022)\") [convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Republican_National_Convention \"2020 Republican National Convention\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_debates \"2020 United States presidential debates\") [GOP reactions to election fraud claims](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_reactions_to_Donald_Trump%27s_claims_of_2020_election_fraud \"Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud\") [Trump–Raffensperger phone call](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Raffensperger_phone_call \"Trump–Raffensperger phone call\") [2024](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign\") 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Donald Trump presidential campaign\") [convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_debates \"2024 United States presidential debates\") assassination attempts [PA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania \"Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania\") [perpetrator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Crooks \"Thomas Crooks\") [photographs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_raised-fist_photographs \"Donald Trump raised-fist photographs\") [FL](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Florida \"Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida\") [perpetrator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Routh \"Ryan Routh\")  Impeachments [Efforts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump \"Efforts to impeach Donald Trump\") [resolutions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_impeachment_resolutions_introduced_against_Donald_Trump \"List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump\") [First impeachment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump \"First impeachment of Donald Trump\") [Trump–Ukraine scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal \"Trump–Ukraine scandal\") [House inquiry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Donald_Trump \"Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump\") [Senate trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump \"First impeachment trial of Donald Trump\") [Second impeachment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump \"Second impeachment of Donald Trump\") [Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\") [Senate trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump \"Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump\") [Proposed expungements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proposed_expungements_of_the_impeachments_of_Donald_Trump \"Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump\")  Prosecutions [2020 election federal indictment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_\$election_obstruction_case\$ \"Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)\") [Classified documents federal indictment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_\$classified_documents_case\$ \"Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)\") [special counsel investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smith_special_counsel_investigation \"Smith special counsel investigation\") [Plasmic Echo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FBI_investigation_into_Donald_Trump%27s_handling_of_government_documents \"FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents\") [FBI search of Mar-a-Lago](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago \"FBI search of Mar-a-Lago\") *[Trump v. United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_v._United_States_\$2022\$ \"Trump v. United States (2022)\")* [New York indictment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York \"Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York\") [Stormy Daniels scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal \"Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal\") [Karen McDougal affair](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_McDougal#Affair_with_Donald_Trump \"Karen McDougal\") [financial fraud](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization \"New York investigations of the Trump Organization\") [Georgia election indictment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution \"Georgia election racketeering prosecution\") [Georgia election investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Georgia_election_investigation \"2020 Georgia election investigation\") [mug shot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump \"Mug shot of Donald Trump\")  [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communication_of_the_Trump_administration_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic\") [Taskforce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force \"White House Coronavirus Task Force\") [Government response](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic\") [stimulus bills](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stimulus_\$economics\$ \"Stimulus (economics)\") [CARES Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CARES_Act \"CARES Act\") [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021 \"Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021\") [Operation Warp Speed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Warp_Speed \"Operation Warp Speed\") [White House outbreak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak \"White House COVID-19 outbreak\") [Interference with science agencies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration_political_interference_with_science_agencies \"Trump administration political interference with science agencies\")  [![Donald Trump's signature](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/51\/Trumpsignature2025.svg\/250px-Trumpsignature2025.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump's signature\") ![Seal of the President of the United States](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/36\/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg\/120px-Seal_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |   |\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:Donald_Trump_series \"Template:Donald Trump series\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:Donald_Trump_series \"Template talk:Donald Trump series\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:Donald_Trump_series \"Special:EditPage\/Template:Donald Trump series\") |   |\n\nOn October 7, 2016, one month before the [United States presidential election that year](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\"), *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")* published a video and article about then-presidential candidate [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") and television host [Billy Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Bush \"Billy Bush\") having a lewd conversation about women in September 2005. Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of *[Access Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Access_Hollywood \"Access Hollywood\")*, a show owned by [NBCUniversal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBCUniversal \"NBCUniversal\"). In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, \"I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.\"[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-1)\n\nNews of the recording broke two days before the second [2016 presidential debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_\$Washington_University_in_St._Louis\$ \"United States presidential election debates, 2016\") between Trump, the [Republican](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Republican Party (United States)\") nominee, and [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\"). The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") had \"said far worse to me on the golf course\".[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-2) The following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks \"*[locker room banter](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/locker_room_talk \"wikt:locker room talk\")*\" and apologized, stating that \"I've said and done things I regret\".[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-3) Bush was fired from his position as a host on *[Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Today_\$U.S._TV_program\$ \"Today (U.S. TV program)\")*, another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") television network.\n\nStatements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate [Mike Pence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Pence \"Mike Pence\"), Senate Majority Leader [Mitch McConnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_McConnell \"Mitch McConnell\"), and [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") Chairman [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\"), indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee [John McCain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McCain \"John McCain\"), stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker [Paul Ryan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ryan \"Paul Ryan\") announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump.\n\nMany commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as [sexual assault](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_assault \"Sexual assault\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) Others argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) Several women made [allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations\").\n\nThe release of the tape was regarded as an \"[October surprise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_surprise \"October surprise\")\", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-6)[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-7) According to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-8) Despite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election.\n\nTrump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for [a civil lawsuit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump \"E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump\") brought by author [E. Jean Carroll](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll \"E. Jean Carroll\"), who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, \"historically, that's true with stars\" and \"if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately.\"[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-9) The tape was used as evidence during the trial.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-10) On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her \\$5 million.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-11) On July 19, 2023, Judge [Kaplan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lewis_A._Kaplan \"Lewis A. Kaplan\") denied Donald Trump's request for a new trial.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-12)\n\n## Recording\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Recording\")\\]\n\nThe video was recorded in September 2005 in the [NBC Studios](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Burbank_Studios \"The Burbank Studios\") parking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC [soap opera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soap_opera \"Soap opera\") *[Days of Our Lives](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Days_of_Our_Lives \"Days of Our Lives\")*. *[Access Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Access_Hollywood \"Access Hollywood\")*,[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) a [syndicated](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcast_syndication \"Broadcast syndication\") entertainment news program owned by [NBCUniversal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBCUniversal \"NBCUniversal\"),[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) conducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a [tour bus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tour_bus \"Tour bus\") for the *Access Across America* series of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with [Billy Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Bush \"Billy Bush\"), then co-anchor of *Access Hollywood*, on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones, [which recorded their casual conversation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microphone_gaffe \"Microphone gaffe\"). Trump was later described as \"apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program\".[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)\n\nAccording to an *Access Hollywood* spokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a [production assistant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Production_assistant \"Production assistant\"), Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with [Arianne Zucker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arianne_Zucker \"Arianne Zucker\"), who portrayed [Nicole Walker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicole_Walker \"Nicole Walker\") on the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-17)\n\n### Contents\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Contents\")\\]\n\nIn the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce [Nancy O'Dell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_O%27Dell \"Nancy O'Dell\"), who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording:[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18)\n\n> I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it.\n> \n> I did try and fuck her. She was married.\n> \n> And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, \"I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.\" I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the [big phony tits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breast_augmentation \"Breast augmentation\") and everything. She's totally changed her look.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)\n\nLater, referring to [Arianne Zucker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arianne_Zucker \"Arianne Zucker\") (whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says:\n\n> I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)\n\n## Publication\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Publication\")\\]\n\nAccording to *Access Hollywood*, the discovery of the video was prompted by \"Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") story in which 20 former *[Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")* employees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-19) An NBC source said that an *Access Hollywood* producer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-20) The celebrity news website *[TMZ](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TMZ \"TMZ\")* reports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to *TMZ*) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-22)\n\nNBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) By October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fernandez-23) On October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to *[Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Post \"Washington Post\")* reporter [David Fahrenthold](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Fahrenthold \"David Fahrenthold\"), who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) Alerted that the *Post* might release the story immediately,[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) NBC News released its own story \"mere minutes\" after the *Post* story was published.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)\n\nBy that evening, the *Post*'s story had become \"the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the *Post*'s website\" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The *Post*'s [servers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Server_\$computing\$ \"Server (computing)\") went offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) This story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the [Pulitzer Prize](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize \"Pulitzer Prize\") for National Reporting.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pulitzer_4\/10\/2017-24)\n\n## Reactions\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Reactions\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg\/250px-Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)\n\nDemonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the [Women's March on Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Women%27s_March \"2017 Women's March\")[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-25)\n\nReaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") among the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, \"This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-26) Clinton's VP running mate [Tim Kaine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Kaine \"Tim Kaine\") said of the tape, \"It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised.\"[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-27) At the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, \"With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different.\"[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-28)\n\nIn the second episode of [season 42](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live_\$season_42\$ \"Saturday Night Live (season 42)\") of *[Saturday Night Live](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live \"Saturday Night Live\")* (first aired on October 8), [Alec Baldwin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Baldwin \"Alec Baldwin\") parodied the controversy as Trump.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-31) [Samantha Bee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samantha_Bee \"Samantha Bee\"), the host of *[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Full_Frontal_with_Samantha_Bee \"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee\")*, reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an \"apology\" for the parodied video on Twitter.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-32) Singer-songwriter [Carly Simon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carly_Simon \"Carly Simon\") donated her 1972 song \"[You're So Vain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/You%27re_So_Vain \"You're So Vain\")\" for use in an anti-Trump [advertisement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_advertisement \"Political advertisement\") – the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-33)\n\n### Media and legal profession attention\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Media and legal profession attention\")\\]\n\nTouching a person's [genitals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genitals \"Genitals\") without consent (also known as [groping](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groping \"Groping\")) is considered [sexual assault](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_assault \"Sexual assault\") in most jurisdictions in the United States.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-37) Many attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38)[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) [Lisa Bloom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Bloom \"Lisa Bloom\"), a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: \"Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent.\"[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38) Trump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-40)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-42) Journalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Vox_Crocket-43)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4)\n\n[John Banzhaf](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Banzhaf_III \"John F. Banzhaf III\"), a [George Washington University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington_University \"George Washington University\") public interest law professor, stated, \"if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault\", as indicated in Trump's statement \"I don't even wait.\" It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated \"I don't even wait\", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement \"and when you're a star, **they let you do it**. You can do anything.\"[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5)\n\nIt brought further media comment on Trump's history of [criticizing women for their looks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lookism \"Lookism\"), among other remarks criticized as [sexist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexist \"Sexist\").[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-44)[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-45) On October 8, [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") aired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to *[The Howard Stern Show](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Howard_Stern_Show \"The Howard Stern Show\")* prior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the *Access Hollywood* tape.[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46) In September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter [Ivanka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivanka_Trump \"Ivanka Trump\")'s body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter \"a piece of ass\".[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-47)\n\n### Involved parties\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Involved parties\")\\]\n\n#### Billy Bush\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Billy Bush\")\\]\n\nWhile the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape,[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) mainly due to his statement that Zucker \"\\[is\\] hot as shit\" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from *[The Today Show](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Today_Show \"The Today Show\")*, where he was an anchor at the time. *The Washington Post* stated, \"Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) There were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") account was taken down on the evening of October 7.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) That evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, \"Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48)\n\nThe controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on *Today* could be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a [toxic work environment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workplace_conflict \"Workplace conflict\") between Bush and the show's mostly female production staff.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") executives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of *Today*.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) *[Politico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politico \"Politico\")* noted that the audience of *Today* is disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) On Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from *Today* indefinitely pending further review;[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-50) as he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51) One day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was \"negotiating his exit\".[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-52) On October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-53)\n\nBush's status as a member of the [Bush family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bush_family \"Bush family\") (specifically, as the cousin of former president [George W. Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush \"George W. Bush\") and the nephew of former president [George H. W. Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush \"George H. W. Bush\")[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)) was also noted in the wake of the controversy. *[The Economist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Economist \"The Economist\")* noted, \"Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's *Today* news show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin [Jeb](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bush \"Jeb Bush\"), whom many Republicans had expected to win it?\"[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-54)\n\n#### People and entities mentioned by Trump\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: People and entities mentioned by Trump\")\\]\n\nNancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said:\n\n> Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18)\n\nIn response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape, [Tic Tac](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tic_Tac \"Tic Tac\") issued a statement on Twitter stating, \"Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.\"[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-55)\n\nReacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, \"How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect.\"[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-57)\n\n### Melania Trump\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: Melania Trump\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3e\/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)\n\nTrump and his wife Melania\n\nThe tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife, [Melania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melania_Trump \"Melania Trump\"), while she was pregnant with their son Barron.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2  According to [Chris Christie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Christie \"Chris Christie\"), Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2–3  The campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3  When they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said \"now you could lose, you could have blown this for us\" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3–4\n\nMelania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied \"no\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4  Melania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4–5  Her statement read:\n\n> The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 5\n\nMelania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\"), who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was \"very strong\" and \"very confident\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8  In the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by \"left-wing media\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 9  She asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8–9  During [the next presidential debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_debates \"2016 United States presidential debates\"), Melania attended wearing a [pussy bow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pussy_bow \"Pussy bow\"), causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 7\n\n### Republican Party\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: Republican Party\")\\]\n\nThe incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans. [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") (RNC) Chairman [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\") said, \"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.\" The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-60) Former Massachusetts governor [Mitt Romney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney \"Mitt Romney\"), the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, \"Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world.\" Ohio governor [John Kasich](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kasich \"John Kasich\"), a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks \"indefensible\"; former Florida governor [Jeb Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bush \"Jeb Bush\"), also a former primary rival, called them \"reprehensible\".[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BIHarrington-61) [Senate Majority Leader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader \"United States Senate Majority Leader\") [Mitch McConnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_McConnell \"Mitch McConnell\") also denounced the video, but continued to support Trump.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62) [Paul Ryan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ryan \"Paul Ryan\"), the [House Speaker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives \"Speaker of the United States House of Representatives\"), disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-63) announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying \"you all need to do what's best for you and your district\"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62)[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-64)\n\nMany members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video,[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) including Governors [Bill Haslam](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Haslam \"Bill Haslam\")[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-67) and [Robert J. Bentley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_J._Bentley \"Robert J. Bentley\");[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-68) Representatives [Bradley Byrne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradley_Byrne \"Bradley Byrne\"),[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) [Jason Chaffetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Chaffetz \"Jason Chaffetz\"),[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-69) and [Joe Heck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Heck \"Joe Heck\");[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-70) and Senators [Kelly Ayotte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Ayotte \"Kelly Ayotte\"),[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-71) [Mike Crapo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Crapo \"Mike Crapo\"),[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-72) and [John McCain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McCain \"John McCain\").[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McCain-73) Former [California governor](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_of_California \"Governor of California\") [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnold_Schwarzenegger \"Arnold Schwarzenegger\"), who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: \"For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American.\"[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-74) By October 11, \"nearly a third\" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump.[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-75) Other Republicans expressed continued support for Trump,[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76) including former 2016 Republican candidate [Ben Carson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Carson \"Ben Carson\"),[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-77) [evangelical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evangelicalism \"Evangelicalism\") leaders [Tony Perkins](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Perkins_\$politician\$ \"Tony Perkins (politician)\") and [Ralph E. Reed Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_E._Reed_Jr. \"Ralph E. Reed Jr.\"),[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) and former Trump [campaign manager](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campaign_manager \"Campaign manager\") [Corey Lewandowski](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corey_Lewandowski \"Corey Lewandowski\").[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) Other evangelical leaders, particularly the [Southern Baptist Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Baptist_Convention \"Southern Baptist Convention\") Ethics and Policy Director, Dr. [Russell D. Moore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_D._Moore \"Russell D. Moore\"), publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump.[\\[79\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-79) In a tweet, [Ted Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Cruz \"Ted Cruz\") questioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years.[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-80)\n\n#### Calls to drop campaign\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Calls to drop campaign\")\\]\n\nBy October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate, [Mike Pence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Pence \"Mike Pence\"), take over the Republican ticket.[\\[81\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BlakeGrowingList-81)[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) Among those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor [Jon Huntsman Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Huntsman_Jr. \"Jon Huntsman Jr.\"), U.S. Senators [Dan Sullivan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Sullivan_\$U.S._Senator\$ \"Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator)\") of Alaska, [Cory Gardner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cory_Gardner \"Cory Gardner\") of Colorado and [Deb Fischer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deb_Fischer \"Deb Fischer\") of [Nebraska](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska \"Nebraska\"), and U.S. Representatives [Jason Chaffetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Chaffetz \"Jason Chaffetz\") of Utah, [Bradley Byrne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradley_Byrne \"Bradley Byrne\") of [Alabama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama \"Alabama\"), [Rodney Davis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodney_Davis_\$politician\$ \"Rodney Davis (politician)\") of Illinois, and [Ann Wagner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_Wagner \"Ann Wagner\") of [Missouri](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missouri \"Missouri\").[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83)[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)\n\nPence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, \"As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.\" However, he said he still supported Trump since he \"has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people.\"[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76)[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-84)[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pence-85)\n\nTrump insisted he would never drop out.[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-86) As of October 8, depending upon the state:\n\n- It was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n- Many general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n- In states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n\nFor these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)[\\[88\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-88)\n\n#### Withdrawal of political support\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: Withdrawal of political support\")\\]\n\nAs the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person.[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) On the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: \"The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! \\#[MAGA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again \"Make America Great Again\")\".[\\[89\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-89)\n\nThe Republican National Committee continued to support Trump,[\\[90\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-90) and within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him.[\\[91\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-91) [Steve Bannon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Bannon \"Steve Bannon\") said in an interview on *[60 Minutes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/60_Minutes \"60 Minutes\")* that response to the controversy served as a \"[litmus test](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Litmus_test_\$politics\$ \"Litmus test (politics)\")\" for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were \"completely indefensible\".[\\[92\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-92)\n\n## Trump's responses\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=13 \"Edit section: Trump's responses\")\\]\n\n| External videos |\n|---|\n| [![video icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1b\/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg\/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [Donald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycfARBsz6_Y) on [YouTube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube_video_\$identifier\$ \"YouTube video (identifier)\") via *[PBS Newshour](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBS_Newshour \"PBS Newshour\")*, October 7, 2016 |\n\nTrump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse.\n\nAfter the release of the *Access Hollywood* video, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website:\n\n> This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.[\\[93\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-93)\n\nEarly on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, \"I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.\" He went on to \"pledge to be a better man\", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had \"abused women\", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims.[\\[94\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-94) Trump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days.[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95) Trump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents.[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95)[\\[96\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-huff-96)[\\[97\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-cnn-97) Trump tweeted the next day: \"Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!\"[\\[98\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-98)[\\[99\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-99) On October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was \"locker room talk\", then said, \"I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people.\"[\\[100\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-100)\n\nIn 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed.[\\[101\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-101)[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-102)\n\nIn January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording.[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-103)[\\[104\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-104)\n\n## Effects and aftermath\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=14 \"Edit section: Effects and aftermath\")\\]\n\n### Clinton–Trump debates\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=15 \"Edit section: Clinton–Trump debates\")\\]\n\nThe release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the [October 9 debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_\$Washington_University_in_St._Louis\$ \"United States presidential debates, 2016\") between Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in [St. Louis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis \"St. Louis\") with [Paula Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paula_Jones \"Paula Jones\"), [Kathleen Willey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathleen_Willey \"Kathleen Willey\"), and [Juanita Broaddrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juanita_Broaddrick \"Juanita Broaddrick\"), who have [previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations\"), and [Kathy Shelton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathy_Shelton \"Kathy Shelton\"), a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed [public defender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_defender_\$United_States\$ \"Public defender (United States)\"). Describing the conference as his \"debate prep\", Trump described the women as \"courageous\" and \"victims of the Clintons\", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) At the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the *Access Hollywood* tape.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) Clinton's campaign dismissed the conference as \"an act of desperation\" and denounced Trump's \"destructive race to the bottom\".[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) First Lady [Michelle Obama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_Obama \"Michelle Obama\") said referring to the controversy, \"It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted.\"[\\[106\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-106)\n\nThe *New York Times* reported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\") that Trump had to leave to attend a \"meet and greet\" because they feared that \"Priebus would object if he knew the truth\". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, \"\\[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are\\] going to rub up on you and be crying... \\[a\\]nd you're going to be empathetic.\" In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back \"like a Roman emperor\", and said \"I love it\". Juanita Broaddrick told the *Times* she had \"no idea what we were going in there for... \\[b\\]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again.\"[\\[107\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-nyt-access-2020-107)\n\nDuring the debate itself, [co-moderator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Debate_moderator \"Debate moderator\") [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\") pressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it \"was locker room talk\" and \"I'm not proud of it\", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded \"I have not.\"[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) It was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening.[\\[108\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-108) The [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") later reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally [Roger Stone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Stone \"Roger Stone\") during the campaign.[\\[109\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-109)\n\n### Assault stories\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=16 \"Edit section: Assault stories\")\\]\n\nShortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer [Kelly Oxford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Oxford \"Kelly Oxford\") posted on Twitter, \"Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats.\"[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) Within hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week.[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110)\n\n### Response of athletes and coaches\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=17 \"Edit section: Response of athletes and coaches\")\\]\n\nNews report of voter reactions by [Voice of America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voice_of_America \"Voice of America\")\n\nNumerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was \"locker room talk\", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[112\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-112)[\\[113\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-113) [Los Angeles Clippers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Clippers \"Los Angeles Clippers\") head coach [Doc Rivers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doc_Rivers \"Doc Rivers\") said, \"\\[If Trump's comments are locker room talk\\] that's a new locker room for me.\"[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Oakland Athletics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oakland_Athletics \"Oakland Athletics\") [pitcher](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitcher \"Pitcher\") [Sean Doolittle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_Doolittle \"Sean Doolittle\") tweeted, \"As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Kansas City Chiefs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas_City_Chiefs \"Kansas City Chiefs\") [wide receiver](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wide_receiver \"Wide receiver\") [Chris Conley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Conley_\$American_football\$ \"Chris Conley (American football)\") tweeted, \"Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know\".[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Los Angeles Dodgers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Dodgers \"Los Angeles Dodgers\") pitcher [Brett Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Anderson_\$baseball\$ \"Brett Anderson (baseball)\") tweeted, \"What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in\".[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [NBA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA \"NBA\") [point guard](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point_guard \"Point guard\") [Kendall Marshall](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kendall_Marshall \"Kendall Marshall\") tweeted, \"PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114)[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [LA Galaxy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LA_Galaxy \"LA Galaxy\") midfielder [Robbie Rogers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robbie_Rogers \"Robbie Rogers\") tweeted, \"I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this \"locker room talk\" as an excuse.\"[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) Olympic hurdler and sprinter [Queen Harrison](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Harrison \"Queen Harrison\") tweeted, \"Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be.\"[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [Atlanta Falcons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta_Falcons \"Atlanta Falcons\") [tight end](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tight_end \"Tight end\") [Jacob Tamme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacob_Tamme \"Jacob Tamme\") tweeted, \"It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) These responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag \\#NotInMyLockerRoom.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)\n\nEleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer [Floyd Mayweather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floyd_Mayweather \"Floyd Mayweather\") defended Trump's comments stating, \"People don't like the truth ... He speak like a real man spoke. ... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'\"[\\[116\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-116)[\\[117\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-117)\n\n### Anti-Trump memes and campaigns\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=18 \"Edit section: Anti-Trump memes and campaigns\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/66\/Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg\/250px-Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_\$32521651625\$.jpg)\n\nProtester sign \"Grab 'em by the combover\" (reference to Trump's [comb over](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comb_over \"Comb over\") hairstyle), Washington DC, 2017\n\nThe backlash from the comments prompted a \"Pussy Grabs Back\" [hashtag](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hashtag \"Hashtag\") urging women to vote against Trump on [Election Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Election_Day_\$United_States\$ \"Election Day (United States)\"). Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media. *The Guardian* wrote that an image of a snarling cat became a \"rallying cry for female rage against Trump\".[\\[118\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-118)[\\[119\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-119)[\\[120\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-120)\n\nTrump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to [more accusations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations\") by several women that Trump sexually assaulted them.[\\[121\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-121)[\\[122\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-122) Trump's campaign denied the allegations.[\\[123\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-123)\n\nIn response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called \\#GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to [boycott](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boycott \"Boycott\") various companies that sell Trump-related products.[\\[124\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott-124) Various companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including [Shoes.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoes.com \"Shoes.com\"), [Nordstrom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordstrom \"Nordstrom\"), [Bergdorf Goodman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergdorf_Goodman \"Bergdorf Goodman\"), and [Neiman Marcus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neiman_Marcus \"Neiman Marcus\").[\\[125\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott2-125)\n\n### Alleged other tapes\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=19 \"Edit section: Alleged other tapes\")\\]\n\nOn October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")* and journalist [Geraldo Rivera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geraldo_Rivera \"Geraldo Rivera\") said that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public.[\\[126\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-126)[\\[127\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-127) Rivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal.[\\[128\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-128)\n\nSince the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series *The Apprentice*, claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are \"far worse\". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another *Apprentice* producer, [Chris Nee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Nee \"Chris Nee\"), claimed on Twitter that Trump said \"the N-word\" in the archived footage.[\\[129\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-129)[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130) Nee later deleted the tweet.[\\[131\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-131)[\\[132\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-132) A [GoFundMe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GoFundMe \"GoFundMe\") campaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising \\$5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the \"Trump Sunlight Campaign\". Nee wrote on Twitter to [Mark Cuban](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Cuban \"Mark Cuban\") that there is a \\$5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked.[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130)[\\[133\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-133) [David Brock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Brock \"David Brock\") also offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from *The Apprentice*.[\\[134\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-134)[\\[135\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-135) By election day, the \"Sunlight campaign\" had raised \\$40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate \\$25,000 of the fundraised amount to [The Nation Institute](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nation_Institute \"The Nation Institute\"), with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of \"investigative work\" done by the campaign.[\\[136\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-136)\n\n### E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=20 \"Edit section: E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit\")\\]\n\nMain article: [E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump \"E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump\")\n\nIn Trump's late 2022 deposition for [E. Jean Carroll](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll \"E. Jean Carroll\")'s defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, \"Well, historically, that's true with stars.\" Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial.[\\[137\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-137)[\\[138\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-138) The jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll.[\\[139\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-139)\n\nAfter the jury in the case awarded Carroll \\$5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. In declining this request,[\\[140\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-140) Kaplan cited, among other things, the *Access Hollywood* tape in his decision, saying, \"Mr. Trump's own words from the Access Hollywood tape and from his deposition – that (a) stars '\\[u\\]nfortunately or fortunately' 'c\\[ould\\] do anything' they wished to do to women, including 'grab\\[bing\\] them by the pussy' and (b) he considers himself to be a 'star' – could have been regarded by the jury as a sort of personal confession as to his behavior.\"[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-141)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=21 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- [2017 Women's March](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Women%27s_March \"2017 Women's March\")\n- [Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal \"Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal\")\n- [Protests against Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_Donald_Trump \"Protests against Donald Trump\")\n- [Tiny Hands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiny_Hands \"Tiny Hands\")\n- [MeToo movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MeToo_movement \"MeToo movement\")\n- [October surprise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_surprise \"October surprise\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=22 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/08\/us\/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. October 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2023.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-2)**\n   Johnston, Ian (October 7, 2016). [\"Trump claims Bill Clinton said 'far worse to me' amid storm over lewd remarks about women\"](https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-women-grab-them-bill-clinton-far-worse-a7351376.html). *[The Independent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Independent \"The Independent\")*. Retrieved November 30, 2023.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"US election: Donald Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women\"](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-37594918). *BBC News*. October 8, 2016. 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Explicit Sexism and the Impact of the Access Hollywood Tape on Electoral Support for Donald Trump in 2016\"](https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/elizabeth_sharrow\/29). *Political Communication*. **37** (6): 741–767\\. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\$identifier\$ \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.1080\/10584609.2020.1753867](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080%2F10584609.2020.1753867). [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\$identifier\$ \"ISSN (identifier)\") [1058-4609](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1058-4609). [S2CID](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S2CID_\$identifier\$ \"S2CID (identifier)\") [216339291](https:\/\/api.semanticscholar.org\/CorpusID:216339291).\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-9)**\n   Rubin, Olivia (May 5, 2023). 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[timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_protests_against_Donald_Trump \"Timeline of protests against Donald Trump\") [Racial views](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump \"Racial views of Donald Trump\") [Age and health concerns](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Age_and_health_concerns_about_Donald_Trump \"Age and health concerns about Donald Trump\") [Religion](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_and_religion \"Donald Trump and religion\") |   |\n| [Business career](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump \"Business career of Donald Trump\") | [The Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trump_Organization \"The Trump Organization\") [legal affairs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_and_business_legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump \"Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump\") [business projects in 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photographs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_raised-fist_photographs \"Donald Trump raised-fist photographs\") [perpetrator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Crooks \"Thomas Crooks\") [September 2024 assassination attempt](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Florida \"Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida\") [perpetrator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_Routh \"Ryan Routh\") |\n| [Family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_family \"Trump family\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| Children | [Donald Trump Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Jr. \"Donald Trump Jr.\") [Ivanka Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivanka_Trump \"Ivanka Trump\") [Eric Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eric_Trump \"Eric Trump\") [Tiffany Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiffany_Trump \"Tiffany Trump\") [Barron Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barron_Trump \"Barron Trump\") |\n| [Melania Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melania_Trump \"Melania Trump\") (wife) [Fred Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Trump \"Fred Trump\") (father) [Mary Anne MacLeod Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump \"Mary Anne MacLeod Trump\") (mother) [Maryanne Trump Barry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryanne_Trump_Barry \"Maryanne Trump Barry\") (sister) [Fred Trump Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Trump_Jr. \"Fred Trump Jr.\") (brother) [Robert Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Trump \"Robert Trump\") (brother) [Frederick Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Trump \"Frederick Trump\") (grandfather) [Elizabeth Christ Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump \"Elizabeth Christ Trump\") (grandmother) [John G. Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_G._Trump \"John G. Trump\") (uncle) [Mary L. Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_L._Trump \"Mary L. Trump\") (niece) [Fred Trump III](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Trump_III \"Fred Trump III\") (nephew) [John W. Walter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_W._Walter \"John W. Walter\") (cousin) |   |\n| Campaigns |   |\n|   |   |\n| [2000 presidential campaign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign\") \"[Make America Great Again](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again \"Make America Great Again\")\" [hat](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again#MAGA_hat \"Make America Great Again\") [Republican opposition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Accountability \"Republican Accountability\") [Never Trump movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Never_Trump_movement \"Never Trump movement\") [2016](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\") [Mitt Romney speech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney%27s_2016_anti-Trump_speech \"Mitt Romney's 2016 anti-Trump speech\") [2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign \"List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign\") [2024](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign \"List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign\") [*Access Hollywood* recording]() \"[Kamala is for they\/them](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kamala_is_for_they\/them \"Kamala is for they\/them\")\" (attack ad) [Trump Bible](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_Bless_the_U.S.A._Bible \"God Bless the U.S.A. Bible\") \"[God Bless the U.S.A.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_Bless_the_U.S.A. \"God Bless the U.S.A.\")\" (campaign song) \"[Y.M.C.A.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y.M.C.A._\$song\$ \"Y.M.C.A. (song)\")\" (campaign song) |   |\n| [2016](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\") | [Announcement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign#Announcement \"Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign\") [Rallies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_rallies_for_the_2016_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign \"List of rallies for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign\") [Links between campaign officials and Russian government officials](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials \"Links between Trump associates and Russian officials\") [Crossfire Hurricane](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossfire_Hurricane_\$FBI_investigation\$ \"Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)\") [Republican primaries](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries \"2016 Republican Party presidential primaries\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums \"2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\") [running mate selection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection \"2016 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection\") [convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_National_Convention \"2016 Republican National Convention\") [General election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_election \"2016 United States presidential election\") [endorsements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign_endorsements \"List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign endorsements\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_debates \"2016 United States presidential debates\") [reactions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_reactions_to_the_2016_United_States_presidential_election \"International reactions to the 2016 United States presidential election\") [transition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidential transition of Donald Trump\") |\n| [2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign\") | [Rallies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_rallies_\$December_2016%E2%80%932022\$#2020_presidential_campaign \"List of Donald Trump rallies (December 2016–2022)\") [Tulsa rally](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Tulsa_Trump_rally \"2020 Tulsa Trump rally\") [Republican primaries](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries \"2020 Republican Party presidential primaries\") [convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Republican_National_Convention \"2020 Republican National Convention\") [General election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_election \"2020 United States presidential election\") [political endorsements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_political_endorsements \"List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign political endorsements\") [non-political endorsements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements \"List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign non-political endorsements\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_debates \"2020 United States presidential debates\") [attempts to overturn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election \"Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election\") [fake electors plot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_fake_electors_plot \"Trump fake electors plot\") [Chesebro memos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Chesebro#Legal_work \"Kenneth Chesebro\") [Eastman memos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastman_memos \"Eastman memos\") [lawsuits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_U.S._presidential_election \"Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election\") *[Texas v. Pennsylvania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_v._Pennsylvania \"Texas v. Pennsylvania\")* [Jeffrey Clark letter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeffrey_Clark_letter \"Jeffrey Clark letter\") [Republican reactions to Trump's election fraud claims](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_reactions_to_Donald_Trump%27s_claims_of_2020_election_fraud \"Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud\") [Biden transition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden \"Presidential transition of Joe Biden\") |\n| [2024](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign \"Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign\") | [Announcement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign#Announcement \"Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign\") [Rallies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_rallies_for_the_2024_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign \"List of rallies for the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign\") [Republican primaries](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries \"2024 Republican Party presidential primaries\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums \"2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\") [running mate selection](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection \"2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection\") [convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_National_Convention \"2024 Republican National Convention\") [General election](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_election \"2024 United States presidential election\") [eligibility](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_eligibility_of_Donald_Trump \"Presidential eligibility of Donald Trump\") [endorsements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements \"List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements\") [debates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_debates \"2024 United States presidential debates\") [transition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidential transition of Donald Trump\") |\n| Legal affairs | [FBI investigation into handling of government documents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FBI_investigation_into_Donald_Trump%27s_handling_of_government_documents \"FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents\") [FBI search of Mar-a-Lago](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago \"FBI search of Mar-a-Lago\") [Gulf of Mexico naming controversy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy \"Gulf of Mexico naming controversy\") [New York investigations of the Trump Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization \"New York investigations of the Trump Organization\") [Stormy Daniels scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal \"Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal\") [civil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_business_fraud_lawsuit_against_the_Trump_Organization \"New York business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization\") [criminal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization#Criminal_investigation \"New York investigations of the Trump Organization\") *[Carroll v. Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump \"E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump\")* [*Trump v. United States* (2022)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_v._United_States_\$2022\$ \"Trump v. United States (2022)\") [Sexual misconduct allegations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations\") [Epstein ties](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_and_Jeffrey_Epstein \"Relationship of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein\") State prosecutions [Georgia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution \"Georgia election racketeering prosecution\") [New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York \"Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York\") [Smith special counsel investigation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smith_special_counsel_investigation \"Smith special counsel investigation\") Federal prosecution [classified documents case](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_\$classified_documents_case\$ \"Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)\") [election obstruction case](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_\$election_obstruction_case\$ \"Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)\") [Trump mug shot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump \"Mug shot of Donald Trump\") *[Trump v. United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_v._United_States \"Trump v. United States\")* |\n| Related | [Foundation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_J._Trump_Foundation \"Donald J. Trump Foundation\") [Presidential library](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_J._Trump_Presidential_Library \"Donald J. Trump Presidential Library\") [In popular culture](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_in_popular_culture \"Donald Trump in popular culture\") \"[Best Sex I've Ever Had](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Best_Sex_I%27ve_Ever_Had \"Best Sex I've Ever Had\")\" [Trump dance](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_dance \"Trump dance\") [filmography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_filmography \"Donald Trump filmography\") [in music](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_in_music \"Donald Trump in music\") [*SNL* parodies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Donald_Trump \"Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump\") [Residences](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Residences_of_Donald_Trump \"Residences of Donald Trump\") [85-15 Wareham Place](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Residences_of_Donald_Trump#Queens \"Residences of Donald Trump\") [Trump Tower](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower \"Trump Tower\") [penthouse apartment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower_penthouse_of_Donald_Trump \"Trump Tower penthouse of Donald Trump\") [Bedminster](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_National_Golf_Club_Bedminster \"Trump National Golf Club Bedminster\") [Mar-a-Lago](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mar-a-Lago \"Mar-a-Lago\") *[The Visionary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Visionary \"The Visionary\")* [Colorado State Capitol portrait](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colorado_State_Capitol_portrait_of_Donald_Trump \"Colorado State Capitol portrait of Donald Trump\") Social media [media use](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Trump \"Social media use by Donald Trump\") [conflict](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump%27s_conflict_with_the_media \"Donald Trump's conflict with the media\") [Feud with Elon Musk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump%E2%80%93Musk_feud \"Trump–Musk feud\") [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter_use_by_Donald_Trump \"Twitter use by Donald Trump\") [wiretapping allegations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Tower_wiretapping_allegations \"Trump Tower wiretapping allegations\") *[Real News Update](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Real_News_Update \"Real News Update\")* *[covfefe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covfefe \"Covfefe\")* [Donald J. Trump State Park](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_J._Trump_State_Park \"Donald J. Trump State Park\") [Nicknames used](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump \"List of nicknames used by Donald Trump\") [Trump Force One](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_Force_One \"Trump Force One\") [Trump derangement syndrome](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_derangement_syndrome \"Trump derangement syndrome\") [Fort Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Trump \"Fort Trump\") [Official portraits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Official_portraits_of_Donald_Trump \"Official portraits of Donald Trump\") Support groups [Bikers for Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bikers_for_Trump \"Bikers for Trump\") [Blacks for Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_the_Black_Man \"Michael the Black Man\") [Black Voices for Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Voices_for_Trump \"Black Voices for Trump\") [Gays for Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gays_for_Trump \"Gays for Trump\") [Trumpettes USA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trumpettes_USA \"Trumpettes USA\") [Women for Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_for_Trump \"Women for Trump\") [Pseudonyms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pseudonyms_used_by_Donald_Trump \"Pseudonyms used by Donald Trump\") [Wikipedia coverage](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia_coverage_of_Donald_Trump \"Wikipedia coverage of Donald Trump\") |\n| **[← Barack Obama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama \"Barack Obama\")** **[← Joe Biden →](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden \"Joe Biden\")** ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/9\/96\/Symbol_category_class.svg\/20px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png) [Category](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Donald_Trump \"Category:Donald Trump\") |   |\n\n| [v](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Template:First presidency of Donald Trump\") [t](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Template_talk:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Template talk:First presidency of Donald Trump\") [e](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:EditPage\/Template:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Special:EditPage\/Template:First presidency of Donald Trump\")[First presidency of Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidency of Donald Trump\") |   |\n|---|---|\n| General | [Appointments](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_appointments_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Political appointments of the first Trump administration\") [ambassadors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ambassadors_appointed_in_the_first_Trump_presidency \"List of ambassadors appointed in the first Trump presidency\") [U.S. attorneys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_attorneys_appointed_by_Donald_Trump \"List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump\") [judges](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump \"List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump\") [Supreme Court candidates](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_candidates \"Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates\") [Gorsuch](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Gorsuch_Supreme_Court_nomination \"Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination\") [Kavanaugh](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination \"Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination\") [Barrett](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Court_nomination \"Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination\") [Cabinet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump \"First cabinet of Donald Trump\") [Pence vice presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_presidency_of_Mike_Pence \"Vice presidency of Mike Pence\") [Economic advisors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_economic_advisors_to_Donald_Trump \"List of economic advisors to Donald Trump\") [Withdrawn appointees](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Donald_Trump_nominees_who_have_withdrawn \"List of Donald Trump nominees who have withdrawn\") [Short-tenure appointees](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_short-tenure_Donald_Trump_political_appointments \"List of short-tenure Donald Trump political appointments\") [Dismissals and resignations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_dismissals_and_resignations_in_the_first_Trump_administration \"List of dismissals and resignations in the first Trump administration\") [attorneys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys \"2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys\") [Comey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dismissal_of_James_Comey \"Dismissal of James Comey\") [inspectors general](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_dismissals_of_inspectors_general \"2020 dismissals of inspectors general\") [Executive orders](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_executive_orders_in_the_first_Trump_presidency \"List of executive orders in the first Trump presidency\") [Legal affairs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legal_affairs_of_the_first_Trump_presidency \"Legal affairs of the first Trump presidency\") Impeachments [efforts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump \"Efforts to impeach Donald Trump\") [resolutions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_impeachment_resolutions_introduced_against_Donald_Trump \"List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump\") [impeachment inquiry](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Donald_Trump \"Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump\") [first impeachment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump \"First impeachment of Donald Trump\") [first trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump \"First impeachment trial of Donald Trump\") [second impeachment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump \"Second impeachment of Donald Trump\") [second trial](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump \"Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump\") [proposed expungements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proposed_expungements_of_the_impeachments_of_Donald_Trump \"Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump\") [Opinion polling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opinion_polling_on_the_first_Trump_presidency \"Opinion polling on the first Trump presidency\") [2017](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration \"2017 opinion polling on the Trump administration\") [2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration \"2018 opinion polling on the Trump administration\") [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration \"2019 opinion polling on the Trump administration\") [Pardons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_in_the_first_Trump_presidency \"List of people granted executive clemency in the first Trump presidency\") [Joe Arpaio](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio \"Pardon of Joe Arpaio\") [commutation of Jaime Davidson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Wallie_Howard_Jr. \"Murder of Wallie Howard Jr.\") [Proclamations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lists_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump \"Lists of proclamations by Donald Trump\") [2017](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_\$2017\$ \"List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2017)\") [2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_\$2018\$ \"List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2018)\") [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_\$2019\$ \"List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2019)\") [2020–21](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_\$2020%E2%80%9321\$ \"List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2020–21)\") [Trips](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lists_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump \"Lists of presidential trips made by Donald Trump\") [2017](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_\$2017\$ \"List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2017)\") [2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_\$2018\$ \"List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2018)\") [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_\$2019\$ \"List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2019)\") [2020–21](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_\$2020%E2%80%9321\$ \"List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2020–21)\") [international](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump \"List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump\") [Rex Tillerson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Rex_Tillerson_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State \"List of international trips made by Rex Tillerson as United States Secretary of State\") [Mike Pompeo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Mike_Pompeo_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State \"List of international trips made by Mike Pompeo as United States Secretary of State\") [North Korea summit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%9319_Korean_peace_process \"2018–19 Korean peace process\") [Singapore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit \"2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit\") [Hanoi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit \"2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit\") [DMZ](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Koreas%E2%80%93United_States_DMZ_Summit \"2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit\") [Riyadh summit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Riyadh_summit \"2017 Riyadh summit\") [Helsinki summit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit \"2018 Russia–United States summit\") [2019 state visit to the United Kingdom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_state_visit_by_Donald_Trump_to_the_United_Kingdom \"2019 state visit by Donald Trump to the United Kingdom\") [Namaste Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namaste_Trump \"Namaste Trump\") |\n| Events |   |\n|   |   |\n| [Timeline](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidencies \"Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies\") | [First 100 days](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_100_days_of_the_first_Trump_presidency \"First 100 days of the first Trump presidency\") 2017 [Q1](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2017_Q1\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q1)\") [Q2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2017_Q2\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q2)\") [Q3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2017_Q3\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q3)\") [Q4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2017_Q4\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q4)\") 2018 [Q1](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2018_Q1\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q1)\") [Q2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2018_Q2\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q2)\") [Q3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2018_Q3\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q3)\") [Q4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2018_Q4\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q4)\") 2019 [Q1](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2019_Q1\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q1)\") [Q2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2019_Q2\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q2)\") [Q3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2019_Q3\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q3)\") [Q4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2019_Q4\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q4)\") 2020 [Q1](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2020_Q1\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q1)\") [Q2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2020_Q2\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q2)\") [Q3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2020_Q3\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q3)\") [Q4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021\$ \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)\") [January 2021](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_\$2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021\$#January_2021 \"Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)\") |\n| Speeches | [Congressional joint session address](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress \"2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress\") (2017) [Warsaw speech](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_in_Warsaw \"2017 Donald Trump speech in Warsaw\") (2017) [National Scout Jamboree](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_National_Scout_Jamboree \"2017 National Scout Jamboree\") (2017) [State of the Union Address](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_the_Union \"State of the Union\") [2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address \"2018 State of the Union Address\") [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_State_of_the_Union_Address \"2019 State of the Union Address\") [2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address \"2020 State of the Union Address\") Oval Office Address [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Oval_Office_address \"2019 Oval Office address\") [2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Oval_Office_address \"2020 Oval Office address\") [Farewell address](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump%27s_first_farewell_address \"Donald Trump's first farewell address\") (2021) |\n| Other | [Transition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump \"First presidential transition of Donald Trump\") [2017 Vote Count](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_United_States_Electoral_College_vote_count \"2017 United States Electoral College vote count\") [Inauguration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump \"First inauguration of Donald Trump\") [Biden transition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden \"Presidential transition of Joe Biden\") [2021 Vote Count](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2021_United_States_Electoral_College_vote_count \"2021 United States Electoral College vote count\") |\n| [Policies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump \"Political positions of Donald Trump\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| [Domestic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domestic_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Domestic policy of the first Trump administration\") | Government shutdowns [January 2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_2018_United_States_federal_government_shutdown \"January 2018 United States federal government shutdown\") [2018–2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018%E2%80%932019_United_States_federal_government_shutdown \"2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown\") Salute to America [2019](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Salute_to_America \"2019 Salute to America\") [2020](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Salute_to_America \"2020 Salute to America\") [COVID-19 pandemic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States \"COVID-19 pandemic in the United States\") [Taskforce](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force \"White House Coronavirus Task Force\") [Communication](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communication_of_the_Trump_administration_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic\") [Government response](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic \"U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic\") [stimulus bills](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stimulus_\$economics\$ \"Stimulus (economics)\") [CARES Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CARES_Act \"CARES Act\") [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021 \"Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021\") [Operation Warp Speed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Warp_Speed \"Operation Warp Speed\") [White House outbreak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak \"White House COVID-19 outbreak\") [Interference with science agencies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_interference_with_science_agencies_by_the_first_Trump_administration \"Political interference with science agencies by the first Trump administration\") [Reactions to the George Floyd protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reactions_to_the_George_Floyd_protests \"Reactions to the George Floyd protests\") [Photo op at St. John's Church](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church \"Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church\") [Deployment of federal forces in the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_deployment_of_federal_forces_in_the_United_States \"2020 deployment of federal forces in the United States\") [Attacks on journalists](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_government_attacks_on_journalists_in_the_United_States#2016%E2%80%93present:_Trump_era \"Timeline of government attacks on journalists in the United States\") [2020 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Rushmore_Fireworks_Celebration \"Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration\") [National Garden of American Heroes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes \"National Garden of American Heroes\") [Infrastructure](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infrastructure_policy_of_Donald_Trump \"Infrastructure policy of Donald Trump\") [Racial views](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump \"Racial views of Donald Trump\") [Social](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Social policy of the first Trump administration\") [First Step Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Step_Act \"First Step Act\") [Cannabis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannabis_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Cannabis policy of the first Trump administration\") [Space](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Space policy of the first Trump administration\") |\n| [Economic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Economic policy of the first Trump administration\") | [Tax cuts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act \"Tax Cuts and Jobs Act\") [Tariffs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tariffs_in_the_first_Trump_administration \"Tariffs in the first Trump administration\") [China trade war](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war \"China–United States trade war\") [USMCA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States%E2%80%93Mexico%E2%80%93Canada_Agreement \"United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement\") [Farmer bailouts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts \"Trump administration farmer bailouts\") |\n| [Environmental](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Environmental policy of the first Trump administration\") | [Paris Agreement withdrawal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_and_the_Paris_Agreement \"United States and the Paris Agreement\") [America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/America%27s_Water_Infrastructure_Act_of_2018 \"America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018\") |\n| [Foreign](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreign_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Foreign policy of the first Trump administration\") | [America First](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/America_First \"America First\") [Saudi Arabia arms deal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_United_States%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_arms_deal \"2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal\") [Relations with Iran](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations_during_the_first_Trump_administration \"Iran–United States relations during the first Trump administration\") [Nuclear deal withdrawal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action \"United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action\") [Relations with Israel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations#First_Trump_administration_\$2017%E2%80%932021\$ \"Israel–United States relations\") [Jerusalem recognition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_recognition_of_Jerusalem_as_capital_of_Israel \"United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel\") [Golan Heights recognition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_recognition_of_the_Golan_Heights_as_part_of_Israel \"United States recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel\") [Palestine peace plan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Israel%E2%80%93Palestine_peace_plan \"2020 Israel–Palestine peace plan\") [Abraham Accords](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Accords \"Abraham Accords\") [UAE](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_normalization_agreement \"Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement\") [Bahrain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bahrain%E2%80%93Israel_normalization_agreement \"Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement\") [Sudan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93Sudan_normalization_agreement \"Israel–Sudan normalization agreement\") [Morocco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel%E2%80%93Morocco_normalization_agreement \"Israel–Morocco normalization agreement\") [Kosovo–Serbia agreements](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_and_Serbia_economic_normalization_agreements \"Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreements\") [Syria strikes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_intervention_in_Syria \"United States intervention in Syria\") [2017](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Shayrat_missile_strike \"2017 Shayrat missile strike\") [2018](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_2018_missile_strikes_against_Syria \"April 2018 missile strikes against Syria\") Killings [al-Baghdadi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi \"Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi\") [Soleimani](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani \"Assassination of Qasem Soleimani\") [Afghanistan withdrawal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%932021_U.S._troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan \"2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan\") [Taliban deal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal \"United States–Taliban deal\") [Proposed invasion of Venezuela](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proposed_United_States_invasion_of_Venezuela \"Proposed United States invasion of Venezuela\") |\n| [Immigration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immigration_policy_of_the_first_Trump_administration \"Immigration policy of the first Trump administration\") | [Travel bans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Travel_bans_under_the_Trump_administrations \"Travel bans under the Trump administrations\") [reactions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reactions_to_Executive_Order_13769 \"Reactions to Executive Order 13769\") [legal challenges](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legal_challenges_to_the_Trump_travel_ban \"Legal challenges to the Trump travel ban\") [protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_Executive_Order_13769 \"Protests against Executive Order 13769\") [replacement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Order_13780 \"Executive Order 13780\") [Executive Order 13767](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Order_13767 \"Executive Order 13767\") [Border wall](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border_wall \"Mexico–United States border wall\") [Family separation policy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy \"Trump administration family separation policy\") [protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_the_Trump_administration_family_separation_policy \"Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy\") [Migrant detentions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Migrant_detentions_under_the_first_Trump_administration \"Migrant detentions under the first Trump administration\") [Troop deployments](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Faithful_Patriot \"Operation Faithful Patriot\") [National emergency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Emergency_Concerning_the_Southern_Border_of_the_United_States \"National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States\") |\n| [Protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_Donald_Trump \"Protests against Donald Trump\") | [2017 Women's March](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Women%27s_March \"2017 Women's March\") [list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_2017_Women%27s_March_locations \"List of 2017 Women's March locations\") [Lincoln](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Lincoln_Nebraska_Women%27s_March \"2017 Lincoln Nebraska Women's March\") [Portland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_March_on_Portland \"Women's March on Portland\") [Seattle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_March_on_Seattle \"Women's March on Seattle\") [global](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_2017_Women%27s_March_locations_outside_the_United_States \"List of 2017 Women's March locations outside the United States\") [LGBTQ](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBTQ_protests_against_Donald_Trump \"LGBTQ protests against Donald Trump\") [Travel ban](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_Executive_Order_13769 \"Protests against Executive Order 13769\") [list](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_protests_against_Executive_Order_13769 \"List of protests against Executive Order 13769\") [Day Without 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Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of *[Access Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Access_Hollywood \"Access Hollywood\")*, a show owned by [NBCUniversal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBCUniversal \"NBCUniversal\"). In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, \"I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.\"[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-1)\n\nNews of the recording broke two days before the second [2016 presidential debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_\$Washington_University_in_St._Louis\$ \"United States presidential election debates, 2016\") between Trump, the [Republican](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Republican Party (United States)\") nominee, and [Democratic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_\$United_States\$ \"Democratic Party (United States)\") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\"). The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") had \"said far worse to me on the golf course\".[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-2) The following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks \"*[locker room banter](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/locker_room_talk \"wikt:locker room talk\")*\" and apologized, stating that \"I've said and done things I regret\".[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-3) Bush was fired from his position as a host on *[Today](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Today_\$U.S._TV_program\$ \"Today (U.S. TV program)\")*, another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") television network.\n\nStatements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate [Mike Pence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Pence \"Mike Pence\"), Senate Majority Leader [Mitch McConnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_McConnell \"Mitch McConnell\"), and [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") Chairman [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\"), indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee [John McCain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McCain \"John McCain\"), stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker [Paul Ryan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ryan \"Paul Ryan\") announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump.\n\nMany commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as [sexual assault](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_assault \"Sexual assault\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) Others argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) Several women made [allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations\").\n\nThe release of the tape was regarded as an \"[October surprise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_surprise \"October surprise\")\", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-6)[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-7) According to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-8) Despite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election.\n\nTrump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for [a civil lawsuit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump \"E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump\") brought by author [E. Jean Carroll](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll \"E. Jean Carroll\"), who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, \"historically, that's true with stars\" and \"if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately.\"[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-9) The tape was used as evidence during the trial.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-10) On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her \\$5 million.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-11) On July 19, 2023, Judge [Kaplan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lewis_A._Kaplan \"Lewis A. Kaplan\") denied Donald Trump's request for a new trial.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-12)\n\nThe video was recorded in September 2005 in the [NBC Studios](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Burbank_Studios \"The Burbank Studios\") parking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC [soap opera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soap_opera \"Soap opera\") *[Days of Our Lives](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Days_of_Our_Lives \"Days of Our Lives\")*. *[Access Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Access_Hollywood \"Access Hollywood\")*,[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) a [syndicated](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcast_syndication \"Broadcast syndication\") entertainment news program owned by [NBCUniversal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBCUniversal \"NBCUniversal\"),[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) conducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a [tour bus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tour_bus \"Tour bus\") for the *Access Across America* series of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with [Billy Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Bush \"Billy Bush\"), then co-anchor of *Access Hollywood*, on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones, [which recorded their casual conversation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microphone_gaffe \"Microphone gaffe\"). Trump was later described as \"apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program\".[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)\n\nAccording to an *Access Hollywood* spokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a [production assistant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Production_assistant \"Production assistant\"), Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with [Arianne Zucker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arianne_Zucker \"Arianne Zucker\"), who portrayed [Nicole Walker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicole_Walker \"Nicole Walker\") on the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-17)\n\nIn the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce [Nancy O'Dell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_O%27Dell \"Nancy O'Dell\"), who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording:[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18)\n\n> I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it.\n> \n> I did try and fuck her. She was married.\n> \n> And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, \"I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.\" I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the [big phony tits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breast_augmentation \"Breast augmentation\") and everything. She's totally changed her look.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)\n\nLater, referring to [Arianne Zucker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arianne_Zucker \"Arianne Zucker\") (whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says:\n\n> I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)\n\nAccording to *Access Hollywood*, the discovery of the video was prompted by \"Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") story in which 20 former *[Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")* employees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate.\"[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-19) An NBC source said that an *Access Hollywood* producer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-20) The celebrity news website *[TMZ](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TMZ \"TMZ\")* reports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to *TMZ*) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-22)\n\nNBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) By October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fernandez-23) On October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to *[Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Post \"Washington Post\")* reporter [David Fahrenthold](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Fahrenthold \"David Fahrenthold\"), who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) Alerted that the *Post* might release the story immediately,[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) NBC News released its own story \"mere minutes\" after the *Post* story was published.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)\n\nBy that evening, the *Post*'s story had become \"the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the *Post*'s website\" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The *Post*'s [servers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Server_\$computing\$ \"Server (computing)\") went offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) This story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the [Pulitzer Prize](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize \"Pulitzer Prize\") for National Reporting.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pulitzer_4\/10\/2017-24)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg\/250px-Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)\n\nDemonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the [Women's March on Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Women%27s_March \"2017 Women's March\")[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-25)\n\nReaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent [Hillary Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton \"Hillary Clinton\") among the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, \"This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.\"[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-26) Clinton's VP running mate [Tim Kaine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Kaine \"Tim Kaine\") said of the tape, \"It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised.\"[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-27) At the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, \"With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different.\"[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-28)\n\nIn the second episode of [season 42](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live_\$season_42\$ \"Saturday Night Live (season 42)\") of *[Saturday Night Live](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Live \"Saturday Night Live\")* (first aired on October 8), [Alec Baldwin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Baldwin \"Alec Baldwin\") parodied the controversy as Trump.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-31) [Samantha Bee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samantha_Bee \"Samantha Bee\"), the host of *[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Full_Frontal_with_Samantha_Bee \"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee\")*, reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an \"apology\" for the parodied video on Twitter.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-32) Singer-songwriter [Carly Simon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carly_Simon \"Carly Simon\") donated her 1972 song \"[You're So Vain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/You%27re_So_Vain \"You're So Vain\")\" for use in an anti-Trump [advertisement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_advertisement \"Political advertisement\") – the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape.[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-33)\n\n### Media and legal profession attention\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Media and legal profession attention\")\\]\n\nTouching a person's [genitals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genitals \"Genitals\") without consent (also known as [groping](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groping \"Groping\")) is considered [sexual assault](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_assault \"Sexual assault\") in most jurisdictions in the United States.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-37) Many attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38)[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) [Lisa Bloom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Bloom \"Lisa Bloom\"), a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: \"Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent.\"[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38) Trump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-40)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-41)[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-42) Journalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women.[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Vox_Crocket-43)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4)\n\n[John Banzhaf](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Banzhaf_III \"John F. Banzhaf III\"), a [George Washington University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington_University \"George Washington University\") public interest law professor, stated, \"if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault\", as indicated in Trump's statement \"I don't even wait.\" It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated \"I don't even wait\", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement \"and when you're a star, **they let you do it**. You can do anything.\"[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5)\n\nIt brought further media comment on Trump's history of [criticizing women for their looks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lookism \"Lookism\"), among other remarks criticized as [sexist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexist \"Sexist\").[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-44)[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-45) On October 8, [CNN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN \"CNN\") aired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to *[The Howard Stern Show](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Howard_Stern_Show \"The Howard Stern Show\")* prior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the *Access Hollywood* tape.[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46) In September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter [Ivanka](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ivanka_Trump \"Ivanka Trump\")'s body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter \"a piece of ass\".[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46)[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-47)\n\nWhile the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape,[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) mainly due to his statement that Zucker \"\\[is\\] hot as shit\" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from *[The Today Show](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Today_Show \"The Today Show\")*, where he was an anchor at the time. *The Washington Post* stated, \"Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) There were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") account was taken down on the evening of October 7.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) That evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, \"Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry.\"[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48)\n\nThe controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on *Today* could be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a [toxic work environment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Workplace_conflict \"Workplace conflict\") between Bush and the show's mostly female production staff.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [NBC](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBC \"NBC\") executives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of *Today*.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) *[Politico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politico \"Politico\")* noted that the audience of *Today* is disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) On Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from *Today* indefinitely pending further review;[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-50) as he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast.[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51) One day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was \"negotiating his exit\".[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-52) On October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned.[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-53)\n\nBush's status as a member of the [Bush family](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bush_family \"Bush family\") (specifically, as the cousin of former president [George W. Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush \"George W. Bush\") and the nephew of former president [George H. W. Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush \"George H. W. Bush\")[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)) was also noted in the wake of the controversy. *[The Economist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Economist \"The Economist\")* noted, \"Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's *Today* news show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin [Jeb](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bush \"Jeb Bush\"), whom many Republicans had expected to win it?\"[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-54)\n\n#### People and entities mentioned by Trump\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: People and entities mentioned by Trump\")\\]\n\nNancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said:\n\n> Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18)\n\nIn response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape, [Tic Tac](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tic_Tac \"Tic Tac\") issued a statement on Twitter stating, \"Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable.\"[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-55)\n\nReacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, \"How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect.\"[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-56)[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-57)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3e\/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg\/250px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)\n\nTrump and his wife Melania\n\nThe tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife, [Melania](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melania_Trump \"Melania Trump\"), while she was pregnant with their son Barron.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2  According to [Chris Christie](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Christie \"Chris Christie\"), Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2–3  The campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3  When they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said \"now you could lose, you could have blown this for us\" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3–4\n\nMelania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied \"no\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4  Melania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4–5  Her statement read:\n\n> The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 5\n\nMelania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\"), who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was \"very strong\" and \"very confident\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8  In the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by \"left-wing media\".[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 9  She asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8–9  During [the next presidential debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_debates \"2016 United States presidential debates\"), Melania attended wearing a [pussy bow](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pussy_bow \"Pussy bow\"), causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape.[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 7\n\nThe incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans. [Republican National Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee \"Republican National Committee\") (RNC) Chairman [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\") said, \"No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.\" The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter.[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-59)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-60) Former Massachusetts governor [Mitt Romney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney \"Mitt Romney\"), the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, \"Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world.\" Ohio governor [John Kasich](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kasich \"John Kasich\"), a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks \"indefensible\"; former Florida governor [Jeb Bush](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bush \"Jeb Bush\"), also a former primary rival, called them \"reprehensible\".[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BIHarrington-61) [Senate Majority Leader](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader \"United States Senate Majority Leader\") [Mitch McConnell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_McConnell \"Mitch McConnell\") also denounced the video, but continued to support Trump.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62) [Paul Ryan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ryan \"Paul Ryan\"), the [House Speaker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives \"Speaker of the United States House of Representatives\"), disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-63) announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying \"you all need to do what's best for you and your district\"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62)[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-64)\n\nMany members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video,[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) including Governors [Bill Haslam](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Haslam \"Bill Haslam\")[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-67) and [Robert J. Bentley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_J._Bentley \"Robert J. Bentley\");[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-68) Representatives [Bradley Byrne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradley_Byrne \"Bradley Byrne\"),[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) [Jason Chaffetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Chaffetz \"Jason Chaffetz\"),[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-69) and [Joe Heck](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Heck \"Joe Heck\");[\\[70\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-70) and Senators [Kelly Ayotte](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Ayotte \"Kelly Ayotte\"),[\\[71\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-71) [Mike Crapo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Crapo \"Mike Crapo\"),[\\[72\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-72) and [John McCain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_McCain \"John McCain\").[\\[73\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McCain-73) Former [California governor](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Governor_of_California \"Governor of California\") [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnold_Schwarzenegger \"Arnold Schwarzenegger\"), who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: \"For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American.\"[\\[74\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-74) By October 11, \"nearly a third\" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump.[\\[75\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-75) Other Republicans expressed continued support for Trump,[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76) including former 2016 Republican candidate [Ben Carson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Carson \"Ben Carson\"),[\\[77\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-77) [evangelical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evangelicalism \"Evangelicalism\") leaders [Tony Perkins](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Perkins_\$politician\$ \"Tony Perkins (politician)\") and [Ralph E. Reed Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_E._Reed_Jr. \"Ralph E. Reed Jr.\"),[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) and former Trump [campaign manager](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campaign_manager \"Campaign manager\") [Corey Lewandowski](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corey_Lewandowski \"Corey Lewandowski\").[\\[78\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) Other evangelical leaders, particularly the [Southern Baptist Convention](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Baptist_Convention \"Southern Baptist Convention\") Ethics and Policy Director, Dr. [Russell D. Moore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_D._Moore \"Russell D. Moore\"), publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump.[\\[79\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-79) In a tweet, [Ted Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Cruz \"Ted Cruz\") questioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years.[\\[80\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-80)\n\n#### Calls to drop campaign\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Calls to drop campaign\")\\]\n\nBy October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate, [Mike Pence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Pence \"Mike Pence\"), take over the Republican ticket.[\\[81\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BlakeGrowingList-81)[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) Among those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor [Jon Huntsman Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Huntsman_Jr. \"Jon Huntsman Jr.\"), U.S. Senators [Dan Sullivan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Sullivan_\$U.S._Senator\$ \"Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator)\") of Alaska, [Cory Gardner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cory_Gardner \"Cory Gardner\") of Colorado and [Deb Fischer](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deb_Fischer \"Deb Fischer\") of [Nebraska](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska \"Nebraska\"), and U.S. Representatives [Jason Chaffetz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Chaffetz \"Jason Chaffetz\") of Utah, [Bradley Byrne](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradley_Byrne \"Bradley Byrne\") of [Alabama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama \"Alabama\"), [Rodney Davis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodney_Davis_\$politician\$ \"Rodney Davis (politician)\") of Illinois, and [Ann Wagner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ann_Wagner \"Ann Wagner\") of [Missouri](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missouri \"Missouri\").[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83)[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)\n\nPence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, \"As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them.\" However, he said he still supported Trump since he \"has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people.\"[\\[76\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76)[\\[84\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-84)[\\[85\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pence-85)\n\nTrump insisted he would never drop out.[\\[86\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-86) As of October 8, depending upon the state:\n\n- It was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n- Many general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n- In states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)\n\nFor these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee.[\\[87\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)[\\[88\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-88)\n\n#### Withdrawal of political support\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: Withdrawal of political support\")\\]\n\nAs the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person.[\\[82\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\\[83\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) On the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: \"The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! \\#[MAGA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again \"Make America Great Again\")\".[\\[89\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-89)\n\nThe Republican National Committee continued to support Trump,[\\[90\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-90) and within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him.[\\[91\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-91) [Steve Bannon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Bannon \"Steve Bannon\") said in an interview on *[60 Minutes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/60_Minutes \"60 Minutes\")* that response to the controversy served as a \"[litmus test](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Litmus_test_\$politics\$ \"Litmus test (politics)\")\" for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were \"completely indefensible\".[\\[92\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-92)\n\n| External videos |\n|---|\n| [![video icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1b\/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg\/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [Donald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycfARBsz6_Y) on [YouTube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube_video_\$identifier\$ \"YouTube video (identifier)\") via *[PBS Newshour](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBS_Newshour \"PBS Newshour\")*, October 7, 2016 |\n\nTrump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse.\n\nAfter the release of the *Access Hollywood* video, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website:\n\n> This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. [Bill Clinton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton \"Bill Clinton\") has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.[\\[93\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-93)\n\nEarly on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, \"I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.\" He went on to \"pledge to be a better man\", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had \"abused women\", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims.[\\[94\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-94) Trump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days.[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95) Trump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents.[\\[95\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95)[\\[96\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-huff-96)[\\[97\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-cnn-97) Trump tweeted the next day: \"Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!\"[\\[98\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-98)[\\[99\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-99) On October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was \"locker room talk\", then said, \"I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people.\"[\\[100\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-100)\n\nIn 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed.[\\[101\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-101)[\\[102\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-102)\n\nIn January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording.[\\[103\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-103)[\\[104\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-104)\n\n## Effects and aftermath\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=14 \"Edit section: Effects and aftermath\")\\]\n\n### Clinton–Trump debates\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=15 \"Edit section: Clinton–Trump debates\")\\]\n\nThe release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the [October 9 debate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_\$Washington_University_in_St._Louis\$ \"United States presidential debates, 2016\") between Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in [St. Louis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis \"St. Louis\") with [Paula Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paula_Jones \"Paula Jones\"), [Kathleen Willey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathleen_Willey \"Kathleen Willey\"), and [Juanita Broaddrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juanita_Broaddrick \"Juanita Broaddrick\"), who have [previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations\"), and [Kathy Shelton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathy_Shelton \"Kathy Shelton\"), a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed [public defender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_defender_\$United_States\$ \"Public defender (United States)\"). Describing the conference as his \"debate prep\", Trump described the women as \"courageous\" and \"victims of the Clintons\", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) At the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the *Access Hollywood* tape.[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) Clinton's campaign dismissed the conference as \"an act of desperation\" and denounced Trump's \"destructive race to the bottom\".[\\[105\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) First Lady [Michelle Obama](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_Obama \"Michelle Obama\") said referring to the controversy, \"It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted.\"[\\[106\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-106)\n\nThe *New York Times* reported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told [Reince Priebus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reince_Priebus \"Reince Priebus\") that Trump had to leave to attend a \"meet and greet\" because they feared that \"Priebus would object if he knew the truth\". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, \"\\[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are\\] going to rub up on you and be crying... \\[a\\]nd you're going to be empathetic.\" In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back \"like a Roman emperor\", and said \"I love it\". Juanita Broaddrick told the *Times* she had \"no idea what we were going in there for... \\[b\\]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again.\"[\\[107\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-nyt-access-2020-107)\n\nDuring the debate itself, [co-moderator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Debate_moderator \"Debate moderator\") [Anderson Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anderson_Cooper \"Anderson Cooper\") pressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it \"was locker room talk\" and \"I'm not proud of it\", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded \"I have not.\"[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) It was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening.[\\[108\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-108) The [Associated Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Associated_Press \"Associated Press\") later reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally [Roger Stone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Stone \"Roger Stone\") during the campaign.[\\[109\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-109)\n\nShortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer [Kelly Oxford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Oxford \"Kelly Oxford\") posted on Twitter, \"Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats.\"[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) Within hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week.[\\[110\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110)\n\n### Response of athletes and coaches\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=17 \"Edit section: Response of athletes and coaches\")\\]\n\nNews report of voter reactions by [Voice of America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voice_of_America \"Voice of America\")\n\nNumerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was \"locker room talk\", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[112\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-112)[\\[113\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-113) [Los Angeles Clippers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Clippers \"Los Angeles Clippers\") head coach [Doc Rivers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doc_Rivers \"Doc Rivers\") said, \"\\[If Trump's comments are locker room talk\\] that's a new locker room for me.\"[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Oakland Athletics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oakland_Athletics \"Oakland Athletics\") [pitcher](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitcher \"Pitcher\") [Sean Doolittle](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_Doolittle \"Sean Doolittle\") tweeted, \"As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Kansas City Chiefs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas_City_Chiefs \"Kansas City Chiefs\") [wide receiver](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wide_receiver \"Wide receiver\") [Chris Conley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Conley_\$American_football\$ \"Chris Conley (American football)\") tweeted, \"Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know\".[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Los Angeles Dodgers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Dodgers \"Los Angeles Dodgers\") pitcher [Brett Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Anderson_\$baseball\$ \"Brett Anderson (baseball)\") tweeted, \"What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in\".[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [NBA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA \"NBA\") [point guard](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point_guard \"Point guard\") [Kendall Marshall](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kendall_Marshall \"Kendall Marshall\") tweeted, \"PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[114\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114)[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [LA Galaxy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LA_Galaxy \"LA Galaxy\") midfielder [Robbie Rogers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robbie_Rogers \"Robbie Rogers\") tweeted, \"I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this \"locker room talk\" as an excuse.\"[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) Olympic hurdler and sprinter [Queen Harrison](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Harrison \"Queen Harrison\") tweeted, \"Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be.\"[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [Atlanta Falcons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta_Falcons \"Atlanta Falcons\") [tight end](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tight_end \"Tight end\") [Jacob Tamme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacob_Tamme \"Jacob Tamme\") tweeted, \"It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right.\"[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\\[115\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) These responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag \\#NotInMyLockerRoom.[\\[111\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)\n\nEleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer [Floyd Mayweather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floyd_Mayweather \"Floyd Mayweather\") defended Trump's comments stating, \"People don't like the truth ... He speak like a real man spoke. ... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'\"[\\[116\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-116)[\\[117\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-117)\n\n### Anti-Trump memes and campaigns\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=18 \"Edit section: Anti-Trump memes and campaigns\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/66\/Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg\/250px-Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_\$32521651625\$.jpg)\n\nProtester sign \"Grab 'em by the combover\" (reference to Trump's [comb over](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comb_over \"Comb over\") hairstyle), Washington DC, 2017\n\nThe backlash from the comments prompted a \"Pussy Grabs Back\" [hashtag](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hashtag \"Hashtag\") urging women to vote against Trump on [Election Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Election_Day_\$United_States\$ \"Election Day (United States)\"). Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media. *The Guardian* wrote that an image of a snarling cat became a \"rallying cry for female rage against Trump\".[\\[118\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-118)[\\[119\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-119)[\\[120\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-120)\n\nTrump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to [more accusations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations \"Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations\") by several women that Trump sexually assaulted them.[\\[121\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-121)[\\[122\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-122) Trump's campaign denied the allegations.[\\[123\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-123)\n\nIn response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called \\#GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to [boycott](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boycott \"Boycott\") various companies that sell Trump-related products.[\\[124\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott-124) Various companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including [Shoes.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoes.com \"Shoes.com\"), [Nordstrom](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordstrom \"Nordstrom\"), [Bergdorf Goodman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bergdorf_Goodman \"Bergdorf Goodman\"), and [Neiman Marcus](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neiman_Marcus \"Neiman Marcus\").[\\[125\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott2-125)\n\n### Alleged other tapes\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=19 \"Edit section: Alleged other tapes\")\\]\n\nOn October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show *[The Apprentice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Apprentice_\$American_TV_series\$ \"The Apprentice (American TV series)\")* and journalist [Geraldo Rivera](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geraldo_Rivera \"Geraldo Rivera\") said that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public.[\\[126\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-126)[\\[127\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-127) Rivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal.[\\[128\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-128)\n\nSince the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series *The Apprentice*, claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are \"far worse\". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another *Apprentice* producer, [Chris Nee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Nee \"Chris Nee\"), claimed on Twitter that Trump said \"the N-word\" in the archived footage.[\\[129\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-129)[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130) Nee later deleted the tweet.[\\[131\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-131)[\\[132\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-132) A [GoFundMe](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GoFundMe \"GoFundMe\") campaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising \\$5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the \"Trump Sunlight Campaign\". Nee wrote on Twitter to [Mark Cuban](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Cuban \"Mark Cuban\") that there is a \\$5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked.[\\[130\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130)[\\[133\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-133) [David Brock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Brock \"David Brock\") also offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from *The Apprentice*.[\\[134\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-134)[\\[135\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-135) By election day, the \"Sunlight campaign\" had raised \\$40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate \\$25,000 of the fundraised amount to [The Nation Institute](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Nation_Institute \"The Nation Institute\"), with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of \"investigative work\" done by the campaign.[\\[136\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-136)\n\n### E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=20 \"Edit section: E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit\")\\]\n\nIn Trump's late 2022 deposition for [E. Jean Carroll](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._Jean_Carroll \"E. Jean Carroll\")'s defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, \"Well, historically, that's true with stars.\" Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial.[\\[137\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-137)[\\[138\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-138) The jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll.[\\[139\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-139)\n\nAfter the jury in the case awarded Carroll \\$5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. In declining this request,[\\[140\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-140) Kaplan cited, among other things, the *Access Hollywood* tape in his decision, saying, \"Mr. Trump's own words from the Access Hollywood tape and from his deposition – that (a) stars '\\[u\\]nfortunately or fortunately' 'c\\[ould\\] do anything' they wished to do to women, including 'grab\\[bing\\] them by the pussy' and (b) he considers himself to be a 'star' – could have been regarded by the jury as a sort of personal confession as to his behavior.\"[\\[141\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-141)\n\n- [2017 Women's March](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_Women%27s_March \"2017 Women's March\")\n- [Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal \"Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal\")\n- [Protests against Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protests_against_Donald_Trump \"Protests against Donald Trump\")\n- [Tiny Hands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiny_Hands \"Tiny Hands\")\n- [MeToo movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MeToo_movement \"MeToo movement\")\n- [October surprise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October_surprise \"October surprise\")\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-1)**\n   [\"Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/08\/us\/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*. October 8, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2023.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-2)**\n   Johnston, Ian (October 7, 2016). [\"Trump claims Bill Clinton said 'far worse to me' amid storm over lewd remarks about women\"](https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-women-grab-them-bill-clinton-far-worse-a7351376.html). *[The Independent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Independent \"The Independent\")*. Retrieved November 30, 2023.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"US election: Donald Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women\"](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-37594918). *BBC News*. October 8, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2024.\n4. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-auto_4-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-auto_4-1)\n   Arrowood, Emily (October 7, 2016). [\"The Very Definition of Sexual Assault\"](https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/articles\/2016-10-07\/hot-mic-catches-donald-trump-bragging-about-sexual-assault). *U.S. News*. Retrieved April 12, 2018.\n5. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-auto1_5-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-auto1_5-1)\n   Jackson, Abby (October 12, 2016). [\"Law professor: What Donald Trump described in his lewd comments about women may not be sexual assault\"](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/law-professor-says-trumps-claims-on-audio-may-not-be-sexual-assault-2016-10). *Business Insider*. Retrieved October 12, 2016.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-6)**\n   Alberta, Tim (July 10, 2017). [\"'Mother Is Not Going to Like This': The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump\"](https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2019\/07\/10\/american-carnage-excerpt-access-hollywood-tape-227269\/). *Politico*.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-7)**\n   Stuart, Tess (November 2, 2016). [\"A Timeline of the 23 October Surprises of the 2016 Election\"](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/a-timeline-of-the-23-october-surprises-of-the-2016-election-191857\/). *Rolling Stone*.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-8)**\n   Rhodes, Jesse H.; Sharrow, Elizabeth A.; Greenlee, Jill S.; Nteta, Tatishe M. (2020). [\"Just Locker Room Talk? Explicit Sexism and the Impact of the Access Hollywood Tape on Electoral Support for Donald Trump in 2016\"](https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/elizabeth_sharrow\/29). *Political Communication*. **37** (6): 741–767\\. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\$identifier\$ \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.1080\/10584609.2020.1753867](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080%2F10584609.2020.1753867). [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\$identifier\$ \"ISSN (identifier)\") [1058-4609](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1058-4609). [S2CID](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S2CID_\$identifier\$ \"S2CID (identifier)\") [216339291](https:\/\/api.semanticscholar.org\/CorpusID:216339291).\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-9)**\n   Rubin, Olivia (May 5, 2023). [\"Trump, in deposition, doubles down on 'Access Hollywood' remarks about grabbing women\"](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/trump-deposition-doubles-access-hollywood-remarks-grabbing-women\/story?id=99107636). *ABC News*. Retrieved May 10, 2023.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-10)**\n    Schonfeld, Zach (May 9, 2023). [\"Trump found liable for sexual battery, defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230509193627\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/3994107-trump-sexual-battery-defamation-e-jean-carroll-trial\/). *The Hill*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/3994107-trump-sexual-battery-defamation-e-jean-carroll-trial\/) on May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-11)**\n    Blake, Aaron (July 19, 2023). [\"Analysis \\| Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/19\/trump-carroll-judge-rape\/). *The Washington Post*. [ISSN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_\$identifier\$ \"ISSN (identifier)\") [0190-8286](https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0190-8286). Retrieved September 22, 2023.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-12)**\n    Kaplan, Lewis (July 19, 2023). [\"MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT'S RULE 59 MOTION\"](https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045\/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.212.0_1.pdf) (PDF). [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York \"United States District Court for the Southern District of New York\"). p. 43. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via [CourtListener](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CourtListener \"CourtListener\").\n    \n    `{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service \"Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service\"))\n13. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-Fahrenthold_13-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-Fahrenthold_13-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-Fahrenthold_13-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-Fahrenthold_13-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-Fahrenthold_13-4)\n    [Fahrenthold, David A.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Fahrenthold \"David Fahrenthold\") (October 7, 2016). [\"Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005\/2016\/10\/07\/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html). *The Washington Post*.\n14. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn_14-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn_14-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn_14-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn_14-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn_14-4)\n    Farhi, Paul (October 7, 2016). [\"A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. 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Now He's Not Sure\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-access-hollywood-tape.html). *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*.\n104. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-104)**\n     [\"Trump Now Says the Access Hollywood Tape May be Fake\"](https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/11\/trump-access-hollywood-tape-fake). *[Vanity Fair](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanity_Fair_\$magazine\$ \"Vanity Fair (magazine)\")*. November 26, 2017.\n105. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-PR_105-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-PR_105-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_ref-PR_105-2)\n     Cheney, Kyle; Goldmacher, Shane (October 9, 2016). 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Boilerpipe Text	On October 7, 2016, one month before the United States presidential election that year , The Washington Post published a video and article about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and television host Billy Bush having a lewd conversation about women in September 2005. Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of Access Hollywood , a show owned by NBCUniversal . In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." [ 1 ] News of the recording broke two days before the second 2016 presidential debate between Trump, the Republican nominee, and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton . The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president Bill Clinton had "said far worse to me on the golf course". [ 2 ] The following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks " locker room banter " and apologized, stating that "I've said and done things I regret". [ 3 ] Bush was fired from his position as a host on Today , another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the NBC television network. Statements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate Mike Pence , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus , indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee John McCain , stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump. Many commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as sexual assault . [ 4 ] Others argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy. [ 5 ] Several women made allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump . The release of the tape was regarded as an " October surprise ", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] According to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump. [ 8 ] Despite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election. Trump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for a civil lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Carroll , who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, "historically, that's true with stars" and "if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately." [ 9 ] The tape was used as evidence during the trial. [ 10 ] On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her $5 million. [ 11 ] On July 19, 2023, Judge Kaplan denied Donald Trump's request for a new trial. [ 12 ] The video was recorded in September 2005 in the NBC Studios parking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives . Access Hollywood , [ 13 ] a syndicated entertainment news program owned by NBCUniversal , [ 14 ] conducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a tour bus for the Access Across America series of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with Billy Bush , then co-anchor of Access Hollywood , on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones, which recorded their casual conversation . Trump was later described as "apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program". [ 15 ] According to an Access Hollywood spokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a production assistant , Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with Arianne Zucker , who portrayed Nicole Walker on the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce Nancy O'Dell , who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording: [ 18 ] I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it. I did try and fuck her. She was married. And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, "I'll show you where they have some nice furniture." I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look. [ 13 ] Later, referring to Arianne Zucker (whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says: I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything. [ 13 ] According to Access Hollywood , the discovery of the video was prompted by "Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an Associated Press story in which 20 former Apprentice employees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate." [ 19 ] An NBC source said that an Access Hollywood producer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives. [ 14 ] [ 20 ] The celebrity news website TMZ reports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to TMZ ) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] NBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released. [ 15 ] By October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days. [ 15 ] [ 23 ] On October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold , who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Alerted that the Post might release the story immediately, [ 14 ] NBC News released its own story "mere minutes" after the Post story was published. [ 16 ] By that evening, the Post 's story had become "the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the Post 's website" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The Post 's servers went offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic. [ 14 ] This story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. [ 24 ] Demonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the Women's March on Washington [ 25 ] Reaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent Hillary Clinton among the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, "This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president." [ 26 ] Clinton's VP running mate Tim Kaine said of the tape, "It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised." [ 27 ] At the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, "With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different." [ 28 ] In the second episode of season 42 of Saturday Night Live (first aired on October 8), Alec Baldwin parodied the controversy as Trump. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Samantha Bee , the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee , reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an "apology" for the parodied video on Twitter. [ 32 ] Singer-songwriter Carly Simon donated her 1972 song " You're So Vain " for use in an anti-Trump advertisement – the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape. [ 33 ] Media and legal profession attention [ edit ] Touching a person's genitals without consent (also known as groping ) is considered sexual assault in most jurisdictions in the United States. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Many attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault. [ 13 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Lisa Bloom , a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: "Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent." [ 38 ] Trump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Journalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women. [ 43 ] [ 4 ] John Banzhaf , a George Washington University public interest law professor, stated, "if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault", as indicated in Trump's statement "I don't even wait." It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated "I don't even wait", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement "and when you're a star, they let you do it . You can do anything." [ 5 ] It brought further media comment on Trump's history of criticizing women for their looks , among other remarks criticized as sexist . [ 44 ] [ 45 ] On October 8, CNN aired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to The Howard Stern Show prior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the Access Hollywood tape. [ 46 ] In September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter Ivanka 's body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter "a piece of ass". [ 46 ] [ 47 ] While the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape, [ 48 ] mainly due to his statement that Zucker "[is] hot as shit" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from The Today Show , where he was an anchor at the time. The Washington Post stated, "Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair." [ 48 ] There were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his Twitter account was taken down on the evening of October 7. [ 48 ] That evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, "Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry." [ 48 ] The controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on Today could be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a toxic work environment between Bush and the show's mostly female production staff. [ 49 ] NBC executives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of Today . [ 49 ] Politico noted that the audience of Today is disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal. [ 49 ] On Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from Today indefinitely pending further review; [ 50 ] as he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast. [ 51 ] One day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was "negotiating his exit". [ 51 ] [ 52 ] On October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned. [ 53 ] Bush's status as a member of the Bush family (specifically, as the cousin of former president George W. Bush and the nephew of former president George H. W. Bush [ 51 ] ) was also noted in the wake of the controversy. The Economist noted, "Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's Today news show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin Jeb , whom many Republicans had expected to win it?" [ 54 ] People and entities mentioned by Trump [ edit ] Nancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said: Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better. [ 18 ] In response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape, Tic Tac issued a statement on Twitter stating, "Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable." [ 55 ] Reacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, "How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect." [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Trump and his wife Melania The tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife, Melania , while she was pregnant with their son Barron. [ 58 ] : 2 According to Chris Christie , Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her. [ 58 ] : 2–3 The campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy. [ 58 ] : 3 When they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said "now you could lose, you could have blown this for us" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology. [ 58 ] : 3–4 Melania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied "no". [ 58 ] : 4 Melania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press. [ 58 ] : 4–5 Her statement read: The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world. [ 58 ] : 5 Melania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with Anderson Cooper , who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was "very strong" and "very confident". [ 58 ] : 8 In the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by "left-wing media". [ 58 ] : 9 She asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical. [ 58 ] : 8–9 During the next presidential debate , Melania attended wearing a pussy bow , causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape. [ 58 ] : 7 The incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said, "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever." The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, "Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world." Ohio governor John Kasich , a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks "indefensible"; former Florida governor Jeb Bush , also a former primary rival, called them "reprehensible". [ 61 ] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also denounced the video, but continued to support Trump. [ 62 ] Paul Ryan , the House Speaker , disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally, [ 63 ] announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying "you all need to do what's best for you and your district"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump. [ 62 ] [ 64 ] Many members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video, [ 65 ] [ 66 ] including Governors Bill Haslam [ 67 ] and Robert J. Bentley ; [ 68 ] Representatives Bradley Byrne , [ 66 ] Jason Chaffetz , [ 69 ] and Joe Heck ; [ 70 ] and Senators Kelly Ayotte , [ 71 ] Mike Crapo , [ 72 ] and John McCain . [ 73 ] Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: "For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American." [ 74 ] By October 11, "nearly a third" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump. [ 75 ] Other Republicans expressed continued support for Trump, [ 76 ] including former 2016 Republican candidate Ben Carson , [ 77 ] evangelical leaders Tony Perkins and Ralph E. Reed Jr. , [ 78 ] and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski . [ 78 ] Other evangelical leaders, particularly the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Policy Director, Dr. Russell D. Moore , publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump. [ 79 ] In a tweet, Ted Cruz questioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years. [ 80 ] Calls to drop campaign [ edit ] By October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate, Mike Pence , take over the Republican ticket. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Among those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. , U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Deb Fischer of Nebraska , and U.S. Representatives Jason Chaffetz of Utah, Bradley Byrne of Alabama , Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Ann Wagner of Missouri . [ 83 ] [ 65 ] Pence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, "As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them." However, he said he still supported Trump since he "has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people." [ 76 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] Trump insisted he would never drop out. [ 86 ] As of October 8, depending upon the state: It was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons. [ 87 ] Many general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them. [ 87 ] In states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast. [ 87 ] For these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Withdrawal of political support [ edit ] As the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] On the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: "The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! # MAGA ". [ 89 ] The Republican National Committee continued to support Trump, [ 90 ] and within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him. [ 91 ] Steve Bannon said in an interview on 60 Minutes that response to the controversy served as a " litmus test " for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were "completely indefensible". [ 92 ] External videos Donald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women on YouTube via PBS Newshour , October 7, 2016 Trump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse. After the release of the Access Hollywood video, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website: This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended. [ 93 ] Early on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize." He went on to "pledge to be a better man", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had "abused women", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims. [ 94 ] Trump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days. [ 95 ] Trump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] Trump tweeted the next day: "Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!" [ 98 ] [ 99 ] On October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was "locker room talk", then said, "I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people." [ 100 ] In 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] In January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Effects and aftermath [ edit ] Clinton–Trump debates [ edit ] The release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the October 9 debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in St. Louis with Paula Jones , Kathleen Willey , and Juanita Broaddrick , who have previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct , and Kathy Shelton , a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed public defender . Describing the conference as his "debate prep", Trump described the women as "courageous" and "victims of the Clintons", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons. [ 105 ] At the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the Access Hollywood tape. [ 105 ] Clinton's campaign dismissed the conference as "an act of desperation" and denounced Trump's "destructive race to the bottom". [ 105 ] First Lady Michelle Obama said referring to the controversy, "It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted." [ 106 ] The New York Times reported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told Reince Priebus that Trump had to leave to attend a "meet and greet" because they feared that "Priebus would object if he knew the truth". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, "[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are] going to rub up on you and be crying... [a]nd you're going to be empathetic." In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back "like a Roman emperor", and said "I love it". Juanita Broaddrick told the Times she had "no idea what we were going in there for... [b]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again." [ 107 ] During the debate itself, co-moderator Anderson Cooper pressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it "was locker room talk" and "I'm not proud of it", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded "I have not." [ 39 ] It was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening. [ 108 ] The Associated Press later reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally Roger Stone during the campaign. [ 109 ] Shortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer Kelly Oxford posted on Twitter, "Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats." [ 110 ] Within hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week. [ 110 ] Response of athletes and coaches [ edit ] News report of voter reactions by Voice of America Numerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was "locker room talk", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable. [ 111 ] [ 112 ] [ 113 ] Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said, "[If Trump's comments are locker room talk] that's a new locker room for me." [ 114 ] Oakland Athletics pitcher Sean Doolittle tweeted, "As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk." [ 111 ] [ 114 ] Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Chris Conley tweeted, "Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know". [ 111 ] [ 114 ] Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson tweeted, "What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in". [ 114 ] NBA point guard Kendall Marshall tweeted, "PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk." [ 111 ] [ 114 ] [ 115 ] LA Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers tweeted, "I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this "locker room talk" as an excuse." [ 115 ] Olympic hurdler and sprinter Queen Harrison tweeted, "Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be." [ 115 ] Atlanta Falcons tight end Jacob Tamme tweeted, "It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right." [ 111 ] [ 115 ] These responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag #NotInMyLockerRoom. [ 111 ] Eleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer Floyd Mayweather defended Trump's comments stating, "People don't like the truth ... He speak like a real man spoke. ... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'" [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Anti-Trump memes and campaigns [ edit ] Protester sign "Grab 'em by the combover" (reference to Trump's comb over hairstyle), Washington DC, 2017 The backlash from the comments prompted a "Pussy Grabs Back" hashtag urging women to vote against Trump on Election Day . Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media. The Guardian wrote that an image of a snarling cat became a "rallying cry for female rage against Trump". [ 118 ] [ 119 ] [ 120 ] Trump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to more accusations by several women that Trump sexually assaulted them. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] Trump's campaign denied the allegations. [ 123 ] In response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called #GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to boycott various companies that sell Trump-related products. [ 124 ] Various companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including Shoes.com , Nordstrom , Bergdorf Goodman , and Neiman Marcus . [ 125 ] Alleged other tapes [ edit ] On October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show The Apprentice and journalist Geraldo Rivera said that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public. [ 126 ] [ 127 ] Rivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal. [ 128 ] Since the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series The Apprentice , claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are "far worse". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another Apprentice producer, Chris Nee , claimed on Twitter that Trump said "the N-word" in the archived footage. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] Nee later deleted the tweet. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] A GoFundMe campaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising $5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the "Trump Sunlight Campaign". Nee wrote on Twitter to Mark Cuban that there is a $5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked. [ 130 ] [ 133 ] David Brock also offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from The Apprentice . [ 134 ] [ 135 ] By election day, the "Sunlight campaign" had raised $40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate $25,000 of the fundraised amount to The Nation Institute , with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of "investigative work" done by the campaign. [ 136 ] E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit [ edit ] In Trump's late 2022 deposition for E. Jean Carroll 's defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, "Well, historically, that's true with stars." Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] The jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll. [ 139 ] After the jury in the case awarded Carroll $5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. 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United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._United_States_$2022$ "Trump v. United States (2022)") [New York indictment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York "Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York") [Stormy Daniels scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal "Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal") [Karen McDougal affair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_McDougal#Affair_with_Donald_Trump "Karen McDougal") [financial fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization "New York investigations of the Trump Organization") [Georgia election indictment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution "Georgia election racketeering prosecution") [Georgia election investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Georgia_election_investigation "2020 Georgia election investigation") [mug shot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump "Mug shot of Donald Trump") [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_of_the_Trump_administration_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic "Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic") [Taskforce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force "White House Coronavirus Task Force") [Government response](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic "U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic") [stimulus bills](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulus_$economics$ "Stimulus (economics)") [CARES Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARES_Act "CARES Act") [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Appropriations_Act,_2021 "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021") [Operation Warp Speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed "Operation Warp Speed") [White House outbreak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak "White House COVID-19 outbreak") [Interference with science agencies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_political_interference_with_science_agencies "Trump administration political interference with science agencies") [![Donald Trump's signature](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Trumpsignature2025.svg/250px-Trumpsignature2025.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump's signature") ![Seal of the President of the United States](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Seal_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png) \| \| \| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Donald_Trump_series "Template:Donald Trump series") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Donald_Trump_series "Template talk:Donald Trump series") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Donald_Trump_series "Special:EditPage/Template:Donald Trump series") \| \| On October 7, 2016, one month before the [United States presidential election that year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") published a video and article about then-presidential candidate [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") and television host [Billy Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bush "Billy Bush") having a lewd conversation about women in September 2005. Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of [Access Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Hollywood "Access Hollywood"), a show owned by [NBCUniversal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal "NBCUniversal"). In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-1) News of the recording broke two days before the second [2016 presidential debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_$Washington_University_in_St._Louis$ "United States presidential election debates, 2016") between Trump, the [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_$United_States$ "Republican Party (United States)") nominee, and [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton"). The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") had "said far worse to me on the golf course".[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-2) The following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks "[locker room banter](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locker_room_talk "wikt:locker room talk")" and apologized, stating that "I've said and done things I regret".[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-3) Bush was fired from his position as a host on [Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_$U.S._TV_program$ "Today (U.S. TV program)"), another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") television network. Statements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate [Mike Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence "Mike Pence"), Senate Majority Leader [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell"), and [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") Chairman [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus"), indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee [John McCain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain "John McCain"), stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan") announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump. Many commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as [sexual assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault "Sexual assault").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) Others argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) Several women made [allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations"). The release of the tape was regarded as an "[October surprise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise "October surprise")", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-7) According to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-8) Despite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election. Trump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for [a civil lawsuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump "E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump") brought by author [E. Jean Carroll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll "E. Jean Carroll"), who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, "historically, that's true with stars" and "if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately."[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-9) The tape was used as evidence during the trial.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-10) On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her \$5 million.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-11) On July 19, 2023, Judge [Kaplan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Kaplan "Lewis A. Kaplan") denied Donald Trump's request for a new trial.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-12) ## Recording \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Recording")\] The video was recorded in September 2005 in the [NBC Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burbank_Studios "The Burbank Studios") parking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC [soap opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera "Soap opera") [Days of Our Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives "Days of Our Lives"). [Access Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Hollywood "Access Hollywood"),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) a [syndicated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_syndication "Broadcast syndication") entertainment news program owned by [NBCUniversal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal "NBCUniversal"),[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) conducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a [tour bus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_bus "Tour bus") for the Access Across America series of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with [Billy Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bush "Billy Bush"), then co-anchor of Access Hollywood, on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones, [which recorded their casual conversation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone_gaffe "Microphone gaffe"). Trump was later described as "apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) According to an Access Hollywood spokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a [production assistant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_assistant "Production assistant"), Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with [Arianne Zucker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianne_Zucker "Arianne Zucker"), who portrayed [Nicole Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Walker "Nicole Walker") on the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-17) ### Contents \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Contents")\] In the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce [Nancy O'Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_O%27Dell "Nancy O'Dell"), who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording:[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18) > I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it. > > I did try and fuck her. She was married. > > And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, "I'll show you where they have some nice furniture." I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the [big phony tits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_augmentation "Breast augmentation") and everything. She's totally changed her look.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) Later, referring to [Arianne Zucker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianne_Zucker "Arianne Zucker") (whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says: > I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) ## Publication \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Publication")\] According to Access Hollywood, the discovery of the video was prompted by "Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") story in which 20 former [Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)") employees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-19) An NBC source said that an Access Hollywood producer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-20) The celebrity news website [TMZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMZ "TMZ") reports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to TMZ) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-22) NBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) By October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fernandez-23) On October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to [Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post "Washington Post") reporter [David Fahrenthold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fahrenthold "David Fahrenthold"), who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) Alerted that the Post might release the story immediately,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) NBC News released its own story "mere minutes" after the Post story was published.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16) By that evening, the Post's story had become "the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the Post's website" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The Post's [servers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_$computing$ "Server (computing)") went offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) This story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the [Pulitzer Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize "Pulitzer Prize") for National Reporting.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pulitzer_4/10/2017-24) ## Reactions \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Reactions")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg/250px-Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg) Demonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the [Women's March on Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March "2017 Women's March")[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-25) Reaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") among the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, "This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-26) Clinton's VP running mate [Tim Kaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kaine "Tim Kaine") said of the tape, "It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised."[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-27) At the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, "With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-28) In the second episode of [season 42](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_$season_42$ "Saturday Night Live (season 42)") of [Saturday Night Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live "Saturday Night Live") (first aired on October 8), [Alec Baldwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Baldwin "Alec Baldwin") parodied the controversy as Trump.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-31) [Samantha Bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bee "Samantha Bee"), the host of [Full Frontal with Samantha Bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Frontal_with_Samantha_Bee "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"), reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an "apology" for the parodied video on Twitter.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-32) Singer-songwriter [Carly Simon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Simon "Carly Simon") donated her 1972 song "[You're So Vain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_So_Vain "You're So Vain")" for use in an anti-Trump [advertisement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_advertisement "Political advertisement") – the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-33) ### Media and legal profession attention \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Media and legal profession attention")\] Touching a person's [genitals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitals "Genitals") without consent (also known as [groping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groping "Groping")) is considered [sexual assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault "Sexual assault") in most jurisdictions in the United States.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-37) Many attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) [Lisa Bloom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Bloom "Lisa Bloom"), a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: "Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent."[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38) Trump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-40)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-42) Journalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Vox_Crocket-43)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) [John Banzhaf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Banzhaf_III "John F. Banzhaf III"), a [George Washington University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University "George Washington University") public interest law professor, stated, "if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault", as indicated in Trump's statement "I don't even wait." It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated "I don't even wait", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement "and when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) It brought further media comment on Trump's history of [criticizing women for their looks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism "Lookism"), among other remarks criticized as [sexist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexist "Sexist").[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-44)[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-45) On October 8, [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") aired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to [The Howard Stern Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show "The Howard Stern Show") prior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the Access Hollywood tape.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46) In September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter [Ivanka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump "Ivanka Trump")'s body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter "a piece of ass".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-47) ### Involved parties \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Involved parties")\] #### Billy Bush \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Billy Bush")\] While the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape,[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) mainly due to his statement that Zucker "\[is\] hot as shit" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from [The Today Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Today_Show "The Today Show"), where he was an anchor at the time. The Washington Post stated, "Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) There were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") account was taken down on the evening of October 7.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) That evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, "Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) The controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on Today could be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a [toxic work environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_conflict "Workplace conflict") between Bush and the show's mostly female production staff.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") executives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of Today.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico") noted that the audience of Today is disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) On Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from Today indefinitely pending further review;[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-50) as he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51) One day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was "negotiating his exit".[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-52) On October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-53) Bush's status as a member of the [Bush family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family "Bush family") (specifically, as the cousin of former president [George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush "George W. Bush") and the nephew of former president [George H. W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush "George H. W. Bush")[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)) was also noted in the wake of the controversy. [The Economist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist "The Economist") noted, "Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's Today news show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin [Jeb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush "Jeb Bush"), whom many Republicans had expected to win it?"[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-54) #### People and entities mentioned by Trump \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: People and entities mentioned by Trump")\] Nancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said: > Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18) In response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape, [Tic Tac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic_Tac "Tic Tac") issued a statement on Twitter stating, "Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable."[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-55) Reacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, "How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect."[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-57) ### Melania Trump \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Melania Trump")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg) Trump and his wife Melania The tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife, [Melania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump "Melania Trump"), while she was pregnant with their son Barron.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2 According to [Chris Christie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie "Chris Christie"), Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2–3 The campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3 When they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said "now you could lose, you could have blown this for us" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3–4 Melania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied "no".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4 Melania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4–5 Her statement read: > The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 5 Melania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper"), who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was "very strong" and "very confident".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8 In the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by "left-wing media".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 9 She asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8–9 During [the next presidential debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates "2016 United States presidential debates"), Melania attended wearing a [pussy bow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_bow "Pussy bow"), causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 7 ### Republican Party \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Republican Party")\] The incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans. [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") (RNC) Chairman [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus") said, "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever." The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-60) Former Massachusetts governor [Mitt Romney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney "Mitt Romney"), the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, "Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world." Ohio governor [John Kasich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich "John Kasich"), a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks "indefensible"; former Florida governor [Jeb Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush "Jeb Bush"), also a former primary rival, called them "reprehensible".[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BIHarrington-61) [Senate Majority Leader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader "United States Senate Majority Leader") [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell") also denounced the video, but continued to support Trump.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62) [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan"), the [House Speaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives "Speaker of the United States House of Representatives"), disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-63) announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying "you all need to do what's best for you and your district"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-64) Many members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video,[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) including Governors [Bill Haslam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haslam "Bill Haslam")[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-67) and [Robert J. Bentley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Bentley "Robert J. Bentley");[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-68) Representatives [Bradley Byrne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Byrne "Bradley Byrne"),[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) [Jason Chaffetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chaffetz "Jason Chaffetz"),[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-69) and [Joe Heck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Heck "Joe Heck");[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-70) and Senators [Kelly Ayotte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Ayotte "Kelly Ayotte"),[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-71) [Mike Crapo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Crapo "Mike Crapo"),[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-72) and [John McCain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain "John McCain").[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McCain-73) Former [California governor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California "Governor of California") [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger "Arnold Schwarzenegger"), who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: "For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American."[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-74) By October 11, "nearly a third" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-75) Other Republicans expressed continued support for Trump,[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76) including former 2016 Republican candidate [Ben Carson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson "Ben Carson"),[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-77) [evangelical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism "Evangelicalism") leaders [Tony Perkins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Perkins_$politician$ "Tony Perkins (politician)") and [Ralph E. Reed Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed_Jr. "Ralph E. Reed Jr."),[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) and former Trump [campaign manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_manager "Campaign manager") [Corey Lewandowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski "Corey Lewandowski").[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) Other evangelical leaders, particularly the [Southern Baptist Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention "Southern Baptist Convention") Ethics and Policy Director, Dr. [Russell D. Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_D._Moore "Russell D. Moore"), publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-79) In a tweet, [Ted Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz "Ted Cruz") questioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years.[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-80) #### Calls to drop campaign \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Calls to drop campaign")\] By October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate, [Mike Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence "Mike Pence"), take over the Republican ticket.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BlakeGrowingList-81)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) Among those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor [Jon Huntsman Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr. "Jon Huntsman Jr."), U.S. Senators [Dan Sullivan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sullivan_$U.S._Senator$ "Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator)") of Alaska, [Cory Gardner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Gardner "Cory Gardner") of Colorado and [Deb Fischer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Fischer "Deb Fischer") of [Nebraska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska "Nebraska"), and U.S. Representatives [Jason Chaffetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chaffetz "Jason Chaffetz") of Utah, [Bradley Byrne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Byrne "Bradley Byrne") of [Alabama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama "Alabama"), [Rodney Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Davis_$politician$ "Rodney Davis (politician)") of Illinois, and [Ann Wagner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wagner "Ann Wagner") of [Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri "Missouri").[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83)[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65) Pence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, "As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them." However, he said he still supported Trump since he "has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people."[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-84)[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pence-85) Trump insisted he would never drop out.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-86) As of October 8, depending upon the state: - It was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) - Many general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) - In states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) For these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-88) #### Withdrawal of political support \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Withdrawal of political support")\] As the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person.[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) On the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: "The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! \#[MAGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again "Make America Great Again")".[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-89) The Republican National Committee continued to support Trump,[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-90) and within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him.[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-91) [Steve Bannon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon "Steve Bannon") said in an interview on [60 Minutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes "60 Minutes") that response to the controversy served as a "[litmus test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litmus_test_$politics$ "Litmus test (politics)")" for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were "completely indefensible".[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-92) ## Trump's responses \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trump's responses")\] \| External videos \| \|---\| \| [![video icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [Donald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfARBsz6_Y) on [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_video_$identifier$ "YouTube video (identifier)") via [PBS Newshour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Newshour "PBS Newshour"), October 7, 2016 \| Trump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse. After the release of the Access Hollywood video, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website: > This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-93) Early on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize." He went on to "pledge to be a better man", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had "abused women", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-94) Trump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95) Trump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95)[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-huff-96)[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-cnn-97) Trump tweeted the next day: "Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!"[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-98)[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-99) On October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was "locker room talk", then said, "I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people."[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-100) In 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-101)[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-102) In January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording.[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-103)[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-104) ## Effects and aftermath \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Effects and aftermath")\] ### Clinton–Trump debates \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Clinton–Trump debates")\] The release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the [October 9 debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_$Washington_University_in_St._Louis$ "United States presidential debates, 2016") between Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in [St. Louis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis "St. Louis") with [Paula Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones "Paula Jones"), [Kathleen Willey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Willey "Kathleen Willey"), and [Juanita Broaddrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Broaddrick "Juanita Broaddrick"), who have [previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations"), and [Kathy Shelton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Shelton "Kathy Shelton"), a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed [public defender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_defender_$United_States$ "Public defender (United States)"). Describing the conference as his "debate prep", Trump described the women as "courageous" and "victims of the Clintons", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) At the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the Access Hollywood tape.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) Clinton's campaign dismissed the conference as "an act of desperation" and denounced Trump's "destructive race to the bottom".[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) First Lady [Michelle Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama "Michelle Obama") said referring to the controversy, "It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted."[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-106) The New York Times reported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus") that Trump had to leave to attend a "meet and greet" because they feared that "Priebus would object if he knew the truth". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, "\[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are\] going to rub up on you and be crying... \[a\]nd you're going to be empathetic." In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back "like a Roman emperor", and said "I love it". Juanita Broaddrick told the Times she had "no idea what we were going in there for... \[b\]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again."[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-nyt-access-2020-107) During the debate itself, [co-moderator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_moderator "Debate moderator") [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper") pressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it "was locker room talk" and "I'm not proud of it", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded "I have not."[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) It was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-108) The [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") later reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally [Roger Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone "Roger Stone") during the campaign.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-109) ### Assault stories \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Assault stories")\] Shortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer [Kelly Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Oxford "Kelly Oxford") posted on Twitter, "Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats."[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) Within hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week.[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) ### Response of athletes and coaches \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Response of athletes and coaches")\] News report of voter reactions by [Voice of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America "Voice of America") Numerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was "locker room talk", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-112)[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-113) [Los Angeles Clippers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers "Los Angeles Clippers") head coach [Doc Rivers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Rivers "Doc Rivers") said, "\[If Trump's comments are locker room talk\] that's a new locker room for me."[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Oakland Athletics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics "Oakland Athletics") [pitcher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher "Pitcher") [Sean Doolittle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Doolittle "Sean Doolittle") tweeted, "As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Kansas City Chiefs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs "Kansas City Chiefs") [wide receiver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_receiver "Wide receiver") [Chris Conley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Conley_$American_football$ "Chris Conley (American football)") tweeted, "Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know".[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Los Angeles Dodgers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers "Los Angeles Dodgers") pitcher [Brett Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Anderson_$baseball$ "Brett Anderson (baseball)") tweeted, "What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in".[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [NBA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA "NBA") [point guard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_guard "Point guard") [Kendall Marshall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Marshall "Kendall Marshall") tweeted, "PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114)[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [LA Galaxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Galaxy "LA Galaxy") midfielder [Robbie Rogers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Rogers "Robbie Rogers") tweeted, "I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this "locker room talk" as an excuse."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) Olympic hurdler and sprinter [Queen Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Harrison "Queen Harrison") tweeted, "Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [Atlanta Falcons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons "Atlanta Falcons") [tight end](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_end "Tight end") [Jacob Tamme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tamme "Jacob Tamme") tweeted, "It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) These responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag \#NotInMyLockerRoom.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111) Eleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer [Floyd Mayweather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather "Floyd Mayweather") defended Trump's comments stating, "People don't like the truth ... He speak like a real man spoke. ... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'"[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-116)[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-117) ### Anti-Trump memes and campaigns \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Anti-Trump memes and campaigns")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg/250px-Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_$32521651625$.jpg) Protester sign "Grab 'em by the combover" (reference to Trump's [comb over](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_over "Comb over") hairstyle), Washington DC, 2017 The backlash from the comments prompted a "Pussy Grabs Back" [hashtag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag "Hashtag") urging women to vote against Trump on [Election Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_$United_States$ "Election Day (United States)"). Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media. The Guardian wrote that an image of a snarling cat became a "rallying cry for female rage against Trump".[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-118)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-119)[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-120) Trump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to [more accusations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations") by several women that Trump sexually assaulted them.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-121)[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-122) Trump's campaign denied the allegations.[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-123) In response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called \#GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to [boycott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott "Boycott") various companies that sell Trump-related products.[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott-124) Various companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including [Shoes.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes.com "Shoes.com"), [Nordstrom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordstrom "Nordstrom"), [Bergdorf Goodman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergdorf_Goodman "Bergdorf Goodman"), and [Neiman Marcus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neiman_Marcus "Neiman Marcus").[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott2-125) ### Alleged other tapes \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Alleged other tapes")\] On October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)") and journalist [Geraldo Rivera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera "Geraldo Rivera") said that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public.[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-126)[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-127) Rivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal.[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-128) Since the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series The Apprentice, claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are "far worse". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another Apprentice producer, [Chris Nee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Nee "Chris Nee"), claimed on Twitter that Trump said "the N-word" in the archived footage.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-129)[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130) Nee later deleted the tweet.[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-131)[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-132) A [GoFundMe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoFundMe "GoFundMe") campaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising \$5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the "Trump Sunlight Campaign". Nee wrote on Twitter to [Mark Cuban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban "Mark Cuban") that there is a \$5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked.[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130)[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-133) [David Brock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brock "David Brock") also offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from The Apprentice.[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-134)[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-135) By election day, the "Sunlight campaign" had raised \$40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate \$25,000 of the fundraised amount to [The Nation Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_Institute "The Nation Institute"), with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of "investigative work" done by the campaign.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-136) ### E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit")\] Main article: [E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump "E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump") In Trump's late 2022 deposition for [E. Jean Carroll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll "E. Jean Carroll")'s defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, "Well, historically, that's true with stars." Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial.[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-137)[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-138) The jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-139) After the jury in the case awarded Carroll \$5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. In declining this request,[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-140) Kaplan cited, among other things, the Access Hollywood tape in his decision, saying, "Mr. Trump's own words from the Access Hollywood tape and from his deposition – that (a) stars '\[u\]nfortunately or fortunately' 'c\[ould\] do anything' they wished to do to women, including 'grab\[bing\] them by the pussy' and (b) he considers himself to be a 'star' – could have been regarded by the jury as a sort of personal confession as to his behavior."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-141) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=21 "Edit section: See also")\] - [2017 Women's March](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March "2017 Women's March") - [Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal "Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal") - [Protests against Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_Donald_Trump "Protests against Donald Trump") - [Tiny Hands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Hands "Tiny Hands") - [MeToo movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeToo_movement "MeToo movement") - [October surprise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise "October surprise") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=22 "Edit section: References")\] 1. 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Pennsylvania") [Jeffrey Clark letter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Clark_letter "Jeffrey Clark letter") [Republican reactions to Trump's election fraud claims](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_reactions_to_Donald_Trump%27s_claims_of_2020_election_fraud "Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud") [Biden transition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden "Presidential transition of Joe Biden") \| \| [2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign") \| [Announcement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign#Announcement "Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign") [Rallies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2024_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign "List of rallies for the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign") [Republican primaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries "2024 Republican Party presidential primaries") [debates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums "2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums") [running mate selection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection "2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection") [convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention "2024 Republican National Convention") [General election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election "2024 United States presidential election") [eligibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_eligibility_of_Donald_Trump "Presidential eligibility of Donald Trump") [endorsements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements "List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements") [debates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_debates "2024 United States presidential debates") [transition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidential transition of Donald Trump") \| \| Legal affairs \| [FBI investigation into handling of government documents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_investigation_into_Donald_Trump%27s_handling_of_government_documents "FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents") [FBI search of Mar-a-Lago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago "FBI search of Mar-a-Lago") [Gulf of Mexico naming controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico_naming_controversy "Gulf of Mexico naming controversy") [New York investigations of the Trump Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization "New York investigations of the Trump Organization") [Stormy Daniels scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal "Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal") [civil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_business_fraud_lawsuit_against_the_Trump_Organization "New York business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization") [criminal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization#Criminal_investigation "New York investigations of the Trump Organization") [Carroll v. Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump "E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump") [Trump v. United States (2022)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._United_States_$2022$ "Trump v. United States (2022)") [Sexual misconduct allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations") [Epstein ties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Donald_Trump_and_Jeffrey_Epstein "Relationship of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein") State prosecutions [Georgia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution "Georgia election racketeering prosecution") [New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York "Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York") [Smith special counsel investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_special_counsel_investigation "Smith special counsel investigation") Federal prosecution [classified documents case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_$classified_documents_case$ "Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)") [election obstruction case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_$election_obstruction_case$ "Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)") [Trump mug shot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump "Mug shot of Donald Trump") [Trump v. United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._United_States "Trump v. United States") \| \| Related \| [Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Foundation "Donald J. Trump Foundation") [Presidential library](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Presidential_Library "Donald J. Trump Presidential Library") [In popular culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_in_popular_culture "Donald Trump in popular culture") "[Best Sex I've Ever Had](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Sex_I%27ve_Ever_Had "Best Sex I've Ever Had")" [Trump dance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_dance "Trump dance") [filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_filmography "Donald Trump filmography") [in music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_in_music "Donald Trump in music") [SNL parodies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Donald_Trump "Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump") [Residences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residences_of_Donald_Trump "Residences of Donald Trump") [85-15 Wareham Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residences_of_Donald_Trump#Queens "Residences of Donald Trump") [Trump Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower "Trump Tower") [penthouse apartment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_penthouse_of_Donald_Trump "Trump Tower penthouse of Donald Trump") [Bedminster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_National_Golf_Club_Bedminster "Trump National Golf Club Bedminster") [Mar-a-Lago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago "Mar-a-Lago") [The Visionary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visionary "The Visionary") [Colorado State Capitol portrait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_State_Capitol_portrait_of_Donald_Trump "Colorado State Capitol portrait of Donald Trump") Social media [media use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Trump "Social media use by Donald Trump") [conflict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_conflict_with_the_media "Donald Trump's conflict with the media") [Feud with Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Musk_feud "Trump–Musk feud") [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_use_by_Donald_Trump "Twitter use by Donald Trump") [wiretapping allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_wiretapping_allegations "Trump Tower wiretapping allegations") [Real News Update](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_News_Update "Real News Update") [covfefe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covfefe "Covfefe") [Donald J. Trump State Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_State_Park "Donald J. Trump State Park") [Nicknames used](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump "List of nicknames used by Donald Trump") [Trump Force One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Force_One "Trump Force One") [Trump derangement syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome "Trump derangement syndrome") [Fort Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Trump "Fort Trump") [Official portraits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_portraits_of_Donald_Trump "Official portraits of Donald Trump") Support groups [Bikers for Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikers_for_Trump "Bikers for Trump") [Blacks for Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_the_Black_Man "Michael the Black Man") [Black Voices for Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Voices_for_Trump "Black Voices for Trump") [Gays for Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gays_for_Trump "Gays for Trump") [Trumpettes USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpettes_USA "Trumpettes USA") [Women for Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_for_Trump "Women for Trump") [Pseudonyms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_used_by_Donald_Trump "Pseudonyms used by Donald Trump") [Wikipedia coverage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_coverage_of_Donald_Trump "Wikipedia coverage of Donald Trump") \| \| [← Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") [← Joe Biden →](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden") ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/20px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png) [Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Donald_Trump "Category:Donald Trump") \| \| \| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Template:First presidency of Donald Trump") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Template talk:First presidency of Donald Trump") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Special:EditPage/Template:First presidency of Donald Trump")[First presidency of Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "First presidency of Donald Trump") \| \| \|---\|---\| \| General \| [Appointments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_appointments_of_the_first_Trump_administration "Political appointments of the first Trump administration") [ambassadors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_appointed_in_the_first_Trump_presidency "List of ambassadors appointed in the first Trump presidency") [U.S. attorneys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_attorneys_appointed_by_Donald_Trump "List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump") [judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump "List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump") [Supreme Court candidates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_candidates "Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates") [Gorsuch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch_Supreme_Court_nomination "Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination") [Kavanaugh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination "Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination") [Barrett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Court_nomination "Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination") [Cabinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump "First cabinet of Donald Trump") [Pence vice presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_presidency_of_Mike_Pence "Vice presidency of Mike Pence") [Economic advisors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_economic_advisors_to_Donald_Trump "List of economic advisors to Donald Trump") [Withdrawn appointees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_nominees_who_have_withdrawn "List of Donald Trump nominees who have withdrawn") [Short-tenure appointees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short-tenure_Donald_Trump_political_appointments "List of short-tenure Donald Trump political appointments") [Dismissals and resignations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dismissals_and_resignations_in_the_first_Trump_administration "List of dismissals and resignations in the first Trump administration") [attorneys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys "2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys") [Comey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey "Dismissal of James Comey") [inspectors general](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_dismissals_of_inspectors_general "2020 dismissals of inspectors general") [Executive orders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_orders_in_the_first_Trump_presidency "List of executive orders in the first Trump presidency") [Legal affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_the_first_Trump_presidency "Legal affairs of the first Trump presidency") Impeachments [efforts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump "Efforts to impeach Donald Trump") [resolutions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impeachment_resolutions_introduced_against_Donald_Trump "List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump") [impeachment inquiry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Donald_Trump "Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump") [first impeachment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump "First impeachment of Donald Trump") [first trial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump "First impeachment trial of Donald Trump") [second impeachment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump "Second impeachment of Donald Trump") [second trial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump "Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump") [proposed expungements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_expungements_of_the_impeachments_of_Donald_Trump "Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump") [Opinion polling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_first_Trump_presidency "Opinion polling on the first Trump presidency") [2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration "2017 opinion polling on the Trump administration") [2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration "2018 opinion polling on the Trump administration") [2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_opinion_polling_on_the_Trump_administration "2019 opinion polling on the Trump administration") [Pardons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_in_the_first_Trump_presidency "List of people granted executive clemency in the first Trump presidency") [Joe Arpaio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio "Pardon of Joe Arpaio") [commutation of Jaime Davidson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Wallie_Howard_Jr. "Murder of Wallie Howard Jr.") [Proclamations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump "Lists of proclamations by Donald Trump") [2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_$2017$ "List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2017)") [2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_$2018$ "List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2018)") [2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_$2019$ "List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2019)") [2020–21](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump_$2020%E2%80%9321$ "List of proclamations by Donald Trump (2020–21)") [Trips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump "Lists of presidential trips made by Donald Trump") [2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_$2017$ "List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2017)") [2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_$2018$ "List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2018)") [2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_$2019$ "List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2019)") [2020–21](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_$2020%E2%80%9321$ "List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2020–21)") [international](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump "List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump") [Rex Tillerson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Rex_Tillerson_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State "List of international trips made by Rex Tillerson as United States Secretary of State") [Mike Pompeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Mike_Pompeo_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State "List of international trips made by Mike Pompeo as United States Secretary of State") [North Korea summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Korean_peace_process "2018–19 Korean peace process") [Singapore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit "2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit") [Hanoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit "2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit") [DMZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Koreas%E2%80%93United_States_DMZ_Summit "2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit") [Riyadh summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Riyadh_summit "2017 Riyadh summit") [Helsinki summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit "2018 Russia–United States summit") [2019 state visit to the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_state_visit_by_Donald_Trump_to_the_United_Kingdom "2019 state visit by Donald Trump to the United Kingdom") [Namaste Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste_Trump "Namaste Trump") \| \| Events \| \| \| \| \| \| [Timeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidencies "Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies") \| [First 100 days](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_100_days_of_the_first_Trump_presidency "First 100 days of the first Trump presidency") 2017 [Q1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2017_Q1$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q1)") [Q2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2017_Q2$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q2)") [Q3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2017_Q3$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q3)") [Q4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2017_Q4$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2017 Q4)") 2018 [Q1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2018_Q1$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q1)") [Q2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2018_Q2$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q2)") [Q3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2018_Q3$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q3)") [Q4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2018_Q4$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q4)") 2019 [Q1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2019_Q1$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q1)") [Q2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2019_Q2$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q2)") [Q3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2019_Q3$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q3)") [Q4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2019_Q4$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2019 Q4)") 2020 [Q1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2020_Q1$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q1)") [Q2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2020_Q2$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q2)") [Q3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2020_Q3$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q3)") [Q4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021$ "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)") [January 2021](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_first_Trump_presidency_$2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021$#January_2021 "Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)") \| \| Speeches \| [Congressional joint session address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress "2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress") (2017) [Warsaw speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_in_Warsaw "2017 Donald Trump speech in Warsaw") (2017) [National Scout Jamboree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_National_Scout_Jamboree "2017 National Scout Jamboree") (2017) [State of the Union Address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union "State of the Union") [2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address "2018 State of the Union Address") [2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_State_of_the_Union_Address "2019 State of the Union Address") [2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address "2020 State of the Union Address") Oval Office Address [2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Oval_Office_address 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Readable Markdown	[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/William_hall_bush_2006.jpg/250px-William_hall_bush_2006.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_hall_bush_2006.jpg) On October 7, 2016, one month before the [United States presidential election that year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election"), [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post") published a video and article about then-presidential candidate [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") and television host [Billy Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bush "Billy Bush") having a lewd conversation about women in September 2005. Trump and Bush were on a bus on their way to film an episode of [Access Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Hollywood "Access Hollywood"), a show owned by [NBCUniversal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal "NBCUniversal"). In the video, Trump described his attempt to seduce a married woman and indicated he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet. He added, "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-1) News of the recording broke two days before the second [2016 presidential debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_$Washington_University_in_St._Louis$ "United States presidential election debates, 2016") between Trump, the [Republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_$United_States$ "Republican Party (United States)") nominee, and [Democratic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_$United_States$ "Democratic Party (United States)") nominee [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton"). The same day, Trump published a statement in which he apologized for the video's content, while adding that Hillary's husband and former president [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") had "said far worse to me on the golf course".[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-2) The following day, Trump released an apology video, calling the remarks "[locker room banter](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locker_room_talk "wikt:locker room talk")" and apologized, stating that "I've said and done things I regret".[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-3) Bush was fired from his position as a host on [Today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_$U.S._TV_program$ "Today (U.S. TV program)"), another show owned by NBCUniversal and aired on the [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") television network. Statements from Republican officials varied. Some, including Trump's vice-presidential running mate [Mike Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence "Mike Pence"), Senate Majority Leader [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell"), and [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") Chairman [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus"), indicated their disapproval of Trump's words but did not renounce their support or call for his resignation from the ticket. Other Republicans, most prominently former presidential nominee [John McCain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain "John McCain"), stated that they would no longer support Trump's presidential campaign, and some called for his withdrawal from the ticket. House Speaker [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan") announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's campaign, although he did not officially retract his endorsement of Trump. Many commentators and lawyers described Trump's comments as [sexual assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault "Sexual assault").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) Others argued that the remarks were an assertion that sexual consent is easier to obtain for the famous and wealthy.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) Several women made [allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations"). The release of the tape was regarded as an "[October surprise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise "October surprise")", influencing public opinion in the weeks before the election.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-7) According to a 2020 study, it reduced public support for Trump.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-8) Despite the controversy, Trump ultimately won the 2016 election. Trump was shown the tape during an October 2022 deposition for [a civil lawsuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump "E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump") brought by author [E. Jean Carroll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll "E. Jean Carroll"), who accused Trump of raping her in 1995 or 1996. In response to questions from Carroll's attorney about whether the statements in the tape were true, Trump replied, "historically, that's true with stars" and "if you look over the last million years, I guess that's been largely true. Not always, but largely true. Unfortunately, or fortunately."[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-9) The tape was used as evidence during the trial.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-10) On May 9, 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll and ordered him to pay her \$5 million.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-11) On July 19, 2023, Judge [Kaplan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Kaplan "Lewis A. Kaplan") denied Donald Trump's request for a new trial.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-12) The video was recorded in September 2005 in the [NBC Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burbank_Studios "The Burbank Studios") parking lot while Trump was preparing to appear in an episode of the NBC [soap opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera "Soap opera") [Days of Our Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives "Days of Our Lives"). [Access Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Hollywood "Access Hollywood"),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) a [syndicated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_syndication "Broadcast syndication") entertainment news program owned by [NBCUniversal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal "NBCUniversal"),[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) conducted a behind-the-scenes interview with Trump about the guest appearance in which Trump and Bush arrived in a [tour bus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_bus "Tour bus") for the Access Across America series of segments produced in commemoration of the program's 10th season. It features audio of Trump talking with [Billy Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bush "Billy Bush"), then co-anchor of Access Hollywood, on a bus embellished with the show's name. Trump and Bush were wearing microphones, [which recorded their casual conversation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone_gaffe "Microphone gaffe"). Trump was later described as "apparently aware at the time that he was being recorded by a TV program".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) According to an Access Hollywood spokesperson, there were seven other people on the bus: a camera crew of two, the bus driver, the show's producer, a [production assistant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_assistant "Production assistant"), Trump's security guard, and Trump's public relations representative. Upon arriving at the lot, the camera crew was let off the bus so they could record Trump and Bush disembarking and meeting with [Arianne Zucker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianne_Zucker "Arianne Zucker"), who portrayed [Nicole Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Walker "Nicole Walker") on the soap opera and appeared alongside Trump in the episode in which he guest starred.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-17) In the video, Trump tells Bush about a failed attempt to seduce [Nancy O'Dell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_O%27Dell "Nancy O'Dell"), who was Bush's co-host at the time (circa 2005) of the recording:[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18) > I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it. > > I did try and fuck her. She was married. > > And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, "I'll show you where they have some nice furniture." I took her out furniture—I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the [big phony tits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_augmentation "Breast augmentation") and everything. She's totally changed her look.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) Later, referring to [Arianne Zucker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianne_Zucker "Arianne Zucker") (whom they were waiting to meet), Trump says: > I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13) According to Access Hollywood, the discovery of the video was prompted by "Mr. Trump's denial of claims contained in an [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") story in which 20 former [Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)") employees described Mr. Trump's behavior toward women as lewd and inappropriate."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-19) An NBC source said that an Access Hollywood producer remembered the conversation on October 3, 2016, and located it in the show's archives.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-20) The celebrity news website [TMZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMZ "TMZ") reports a different chronology: when senior executives at NBC learned about the video, they thought it was too early in the presidential campaign season to release it with maximum effect, and (according to TMZ) those executives publicly said they learned of the video long after they actually learned about it.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-22) NBC discussed whether to release the tape and had lawyers review the legality of the publication, as is common among other news media due to the possibility that the involved parties might file a lawsuit if the video was released.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15) By October 4, NBC had drafted a story that it declined to broadcast for another three days.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:1-15)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fernandez-23) On October 7, at around 11 a.m., an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to [Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post "Washington Post") reporter [David Fahrenthold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fahrenthold "David Fahrenthold"), who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself by 4 p.m.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) Alerted that the Post might release the story immediately,[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) NBC News released its own story "mere minutes" after the Post story was published.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-explain-16) By that evening, the Post's story had become "the most concurrently viewed article in the history of the Post's website" with more than 100,000 people reading it on the afternoon of October 7. The Post's [servers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_$computing$ "Server (computing)") went offline for a short period that day due to the surge in web traffic.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-WP-LewdTape-RaceWasOn-14) This story would later be one of the articles for which Fahrenthold received the [Pulitzer Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize "Pulitzer Prize") for National Reporting.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pulitzer_4/10/2017-24) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg/250px-Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_on_Washington_at_Trump_Hotel.jpg) Demonstrator in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the [Women's March on Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March "2017 Women's March")[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-25) Reaction was swift, with Trump's general election opponent [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton "Hillary Clinton") among the first political figures to respond to the tape, tweeting shortly after its release, "This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president."[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-26) Clinton's VP running mate [Tim Kaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kaine "Tim Kaine") said of the tape, "It makes me sick to my stomach ... I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised."[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-27) At the second presidential debate two days later, Clinton said of the tape, "With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them, politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-28) In the second episode of [season 42](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_$season_42$ "Saturday Night Live (season 42)") of [Saturday Night Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live "Saturday Night Live") (first aired on October 8), [Alec Baldwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Baldwin "Alec Baldwin") parodied the controversy as Trump.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-31) [Samantha Bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bee "Samantha Bee"), the host of [Full Frontal with Samantha Bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Frontal_with_Samantha_Bee "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"), reversed the gender roles in the video and issued an "apology" for the parodied video on Twitter.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-32) Singer-songwriter [Carly Simon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Simon "Carly Simon") donated her 1972 song "[You're So Vain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_So_Vain "You're So Vain")" for use in an anti-Trump [advertisement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_advertisement "Political advertisement") – the first time she has ever allowed its use for political purposes – and announced her opposition to Trump in response to the tape.[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-33) ### Media and legal profession attention \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Media and legal profession attention")\] Touching a person's [genitals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitals "Genitals") without consent (also known as [groping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groping "Groping")) is considered [sexual assault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault "Sexual assault") in most jurisdictions in the United States.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-37) Many attorneys and media commentators characterized Trump's statements as describing acts of sexual assault.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Fahrenthold-13)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) [Lisa Bloom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Bloom "Lisa Bloom"), a sexual harassment expert and civil rights lawyer, stated: "Let's be very clear, he is talking about sexual assault. He is talking about grabbing a woman's genitals without her consent."[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Bloom-38) Trump and some of his supporters claimed that Trump was not saying he had committed a sexual assault or had denied that groping is sexual assault.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-40)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-41)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-42) Journalist Emily Crockett says that this is further evidence of a trend to minimize sexual assaults against women.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Vox_Crocket-43)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto-4) [John Banzhaf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Banzhaf_III "John F. Banzhaf III"), a [George Washington University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University "George Washington University") public interest law professor, stated, "if Trump suddenly and without any warning reached out and grabbed a woman's crotch or breast, it would rather clearly constitute sexual assault", as indicated in Trump's statement "I don't even wait." It has been argued, however, that despite Trump having stated "I don't even wait", his full remarks do imply consent. This is pointed out by Trump's full remarks having included the statement "and when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-auto1-5) It brought further media comment on Trump's history of [criticizing women for their looks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism "Lookism"), among other remarks criticized as [sexist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexist "Sexist").[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-44)[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-45) On October 8, [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") aired segments from multiple interviews Trump gave to [The Howard Stern Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show "The Howard Stern Show") prior to his political career in which he made comments similar to those on the Access Hollywood tape.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46) In September 2004, Trump comments on his daughter [Ivanka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump "Ivanka Trump")'s body and, when asked, tells Stern that it is okay for him to call his daughter "a piece of ass".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Howard_Stern-46)[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-47) While the controversy focused mainly on Trump, Bush also faced backlash as a result of the tape,[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) mainly due to his statement that Zucker "\[is\] hot as shit" and his goading her into hugging Trump after they get off the bus. Bush received online criticism and calls for his resignation from [The Today Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Today_Show "The Today Show"), where he was an anchor at the time. The Washington Post stated, "Bush's public image was damaged—perhaps beyond repair."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) There were so many negative comments on Bush's social media accounts following the tape's release that his [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") account was taken down on the evening of October 7.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) That evening, Bush issued an apology, saying, "Obviously I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago—I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry."[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Yahr-48) The controversy led to speculation that Bush's spot on Today could be in jeopardy, both because of the backlash against him on social media and the possibility that the tape's release could create a [toxic work environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_conflict "Workplace conflict") between Bush and the show's mostly female production staff.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [NBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC "NBC") executives confirmed on the evening of October 8 that Bush's job was safe and he would address the controversy on the October 10 episode of Today.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) [Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico") noted that the audience of Today is disproportionately female so that a significant ratings drop in the wake of the controversy could still lead to Bush's dismissal.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Busd-49) On Monday, October 10, NBC reversed course and announced that Bush would be suspended from Today indefinitely pending further review;[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-50) as he was an anchor, his suspension was briefly addressed during that day's broadcast.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51) One day later, on October 11, multiple media sources reported that NBC was "negotiating his exit".[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-52) On October 17, NBC announced that Bush had resigned.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-53) Bush's status as a member of the [Bush family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family "Bush family") (specifically, as the cousin of former president [George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush "George W. Bush") and the nephew of former president [George H. W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush "George H. W. Bush")[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Washington_Post_20161011-51)) was also noted in the wake of the controversy. [The Economist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist "The Economist") noted, "Who would have thought that Mr. Bush, a presenter of NBC's Today news show, could end up playing a more influential role in this election than his cousin [Jeb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush "Jeb Bush"), whom many Republicans had expected to win it?"[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-54) #### People and entities mentioned by Trump \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: People and entities mentioned by Trump")\] Nancy O'Dell, the married woman of whom Trump spoke, said: > Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women. The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-UST_O'Dell-18) In response to having their product referenced by Trump on the tape, [Tic Tac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic_Tac "Tic Tac") issued a statement on Twitter stating, "Tic Tac respects all women. We find the recent statements and behavior completely inappropriate and unacceptable."[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-55) Reacting to her unwitting role in this incident, Zucker wrote on TwitLonger, "How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect."[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-56)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-57) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg) Trump and his wife Melania The tape had been recorded shortly after Trump's marriage to his third wife, [Melania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump "Melania Trump"), while she was pregnant with their son Barron.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2 According to [Chris Christie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie "Chris Christie"), Trump dreaded his next encounter with his wife after the tape leaked. It took him two hours from hearing the tape before he went to see her.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 2–3 The campaign was most concerned about her response, as it more than any other had the potential to derail Trump's candidacy.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3 When they spoke about the tape privately, she reportedly said "now you could lose, you could have blown this for us" and then left the room after hearing her husband's apology.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 3–4 Melania was frustrated by the pity directed toward her. She wished to make her own response independently from the campaign's planned response. When the campaign's strategy was proposed, she only replied "no".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4 Melania decided to put out her own statement, and Donald only asked to read it before she spoke to the press.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 4–5 Her statement read: > The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know. He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 5 Melania's first media appearance after the tape leaked was an interview with [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper"), who expressed sympathy for her throughout the interview. She stated that she would not relay what she and her husband said in private conversations, but that she was "very strong" and "very confident".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8 In the interview, Melania argued that her husband supports women, and she blamed the controversy on a conspiracy by "left-wing media".[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 9 She asked people not to feel sorry for her, directing criticism toward celebrities who spoke out on her behalf, which she found hypocritical.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 8–9 During [the next presidential debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates "2016 United States presidential debates"), Melania attended wearing a [pussy bow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_bow "Pussy bow"), causing speculation that it was a reference to the tape.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Jordan-58): 7 The incident was condemned by numerous prominent Republicans. [Republican National Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee "Republican National Committee") (RNC) Chairman [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus") said, "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever." The RNC suspended all support of Trump's campaign shortly thereafter.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-59)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-60) Former Massachusetts governor [Mitt Romney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney "Mitt Romney"), the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, tweeted, "Hitting on married women? Condoning assault? Such vile degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world." Ohio governor [John Kasich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich "John Kasich"), a former primary rival to Trump, called the remarks "indefensible"; former Florida governor [Jeb Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush "Jeb Bush"), also a former primary rival, called them "reprehensible".[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BIHarrington-61) [Senate Majority Leader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Majority_Leader "United States Senate Majority Leader") [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell") also denounced the video, but continued to support Trump.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62) [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan"), the [House Speaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives "Speaker of the United States House of Representatives"), disinvited Trump from a scheduled campaign rally,[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-63) announced that he would no longer defend or support Trump's presidential campaign, and in a highly unusual move freed down-ticket congressional members to use their own judgment, saying "you all need to do what's best for you and your district"; he did not, however, withdraw his endorsement of Trump.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McConnell-62)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-64) Many members of the Republican Party rescinded their endorsements as a result of the release of the video,[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65)[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) including Governors [Bill Haslam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haslam "Bill Haslam")[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-67) and [Robert J. Bentley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Bentley "Robert J. Bentley");[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-68) Representatives [Bradley Byrne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Byrne "Bradley Byrne"),[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Growth-66) [Jason Chaffetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chaffetz "Jason Chaffetz"),[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-69) and [Joe Heck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Heck "Joe Heck");[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-70) and Senators [Kelly Ayotte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Ayotte "Kelly Ayotte"),[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-71) [Mike Crapo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Crapo "Mike Crapo"),[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-72) and [John McCain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain "John McCain").[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-McCain-73) Former [California governor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_California "Governor of California") [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger "Arnold Schwarzenegger"), who had previously kept his opinion private throughout the campaign, released a statement: "For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president ... As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else—American."[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-74) By October 11, "nearly a third" of Senate Republicans said they would not vote for Trump.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-75) Other Republicans expressed continued support for Trump,[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76) including former 2016 Republican candidate [Ben Carson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson "Ben Carson"),[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-77) [evangelical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism "Evangelicalism") leaders [Tony Perkins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Perkins_$politician$ "Tony Perkins (politician)") and [Ralph E. Reed Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed_Jr. "Ralph E. Reed Jr."),[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) and former Trump [campaign manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_manager "Campaign manager") [Corey Lewandowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski "Corey Lewandowski").[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-EVA-78) Other evangelical leaders, particularly the [Southern Baptist Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention "Southern Baptist Convention") Ethics and Policy Director, Dr. [Russell D. Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_D._Moore "Russell D. Moore"), publicly rebuked evangelical leaders who still supported Trump.[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-79) In a tweet, [Ted Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz "Ted Cruz") questioned why NBC, who had possession of the tape, sat on it for 11 years.[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-80) #### Calls to drop campaign \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Calls to drop campaign")\] By October 8, several dozen Republicans had called for Trump to withdraw from the campaign and let his VP running mate, [Mike Pence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence "Mike Pence"), take over the Republican ticket.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-BlakeGrowingList-81)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) Among those favoring a Pence takeover were former Utah governor [Jon Huntsman Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr. "Jon Huntsman Jr."), U.S. Senators [Dan Sullivan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sullivan_$U.S._Senator$ "Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator)") of Alaska, [Cory Gardner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Gardner "Cory Gardner") of Colorado and [Deb Fischer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Fischer "Deb Fischer") of [Nebraska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska "Nebraska"), and U.S. Representatives [Jason Chaffetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chaffetz "Jason Chaffetz") of Utah, [Bradley Byrne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Byrne "Bradley Byrne") of [Alabama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama "Alabama"), [Rodney Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Davis_$politician$ "Rodney Davis (politician)") of Illinois, and [Ann Wagner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wagner "Ann Wagner") of [Missouri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri "Missouri").[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83)[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-USAToday-List-65) Pence himself released a statement on October 8, saying, "As a husband and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday ... I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them." However, he said he still supported Trump since he "has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people."[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Support-76)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-84)[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Pence-85) Trump insisted he would never drop out.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-86) As of October 8, depending upon the state: - It was not possible to change the names on ballots at the late date for purely legal reasons.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) - Many general election ballots had already been printed, and it would be expensive to change them.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) - In states with early voting, thousands of ballots had already been cast.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87) For these reasons, commentators said that it would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to replace Trump as the Republican nominee.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:0-87)[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-88) #### Withdrawal of political support \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Withdrawal of political support")\] As the day wore on, a growing number of Republicans went beyond criticizing Trump's remarks or rescinding endorsements of him and began calling for Trump to drop out of the presidential race, ceding the Republican nomination to another person.[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-CanhamBurr-82)[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-VitaliSarlin-83) On the afternoon of October 8, Trump responded with a tweet: "The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! \#[MAGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again "Make America Great Again")".[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-89) The Republican National Committee continued to support Trump,[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-90) and within the next couple of days, several of the Republicans who wanted Trump to drop out said that they were still voting for him.[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-91) [Steve Bannon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon "Steve Bannon") said in an interview on [60 Minutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes "60 Minutes") that response to the controversy served as a "[litmus test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litmus_test_$politics$ "Litmus test (politics)")" for Trump's Republican allies. For example, according to Bannon, Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position because he said Trump's comments were "completely indefensible".[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-92) \| External videos \| \|---\| \| [![video icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/20px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg) [Donald Trump apologizes for sexist comments about groping women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfARBsz6_Y) on [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_video_$identifier$ "YouTube video (identifier)") via [PBS Newshour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Newshour "PBS Newshour"), October 7, 2016 \| Trump acknowledged making the remarks, but said that Bill and Hillary Clinton had said and done worse. After the release of the Access Hollywood video, Trump's first public response came in the form of a written statement published on his campaign website: > This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. [Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton "Bill Clinton") has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-93) Early on Saturday morning, October 8, Donald Trump issued a lengthier statement by video. In it, Trump said of the video's contents, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize." He went on to "pledge to be a better man", ending the video by alleging Bill Clinton had "abused women", and that Hillary Clinton had bullied her husband's victims.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-94) Trump's video ended with assurances that the Clinton allegations would be discussed in coming days.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95) Trump's statement was criticized severely by the media and members of the public as insincere, and an attempt to divert attention away from Trump's comments and onto whataboutist accusations against his political opponents.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-nyt-95)[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-huff-96)[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-lewd-apology-cnn-97) Trump tweeted the next day: "Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!"[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-98)[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-99) On October 10, Trump was also questioned about the tape during the second presidential debate of his campaign. He reiterated that it was "locker room talk", then said, "I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people."[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-100) In 2017, it was reported that Trump had questioned the authenticity of the tape in multiple private conversations that year, including one with a Republican senator, even though he had already acknowledged that the voice was his, and apologized, after the tape was revealed.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-101)[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-102) In January 2017, shortly before his inauguration, Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the recording.[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-103)[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-104) ## Effects and aftermath \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Effects and aftermath")\] ### Clinton–Trump debates \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Clinton–Trump debates")\] The release of the tape led to a renewed anticipation towards the [October 9 debate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates,_2016#Second_presidential_debate_$Washington_University_in_St._Louis$ "United States presidential debates, 2016") between Trump and Hillary Clinton, as it would be the first time for each candidate to directly address the controversy. Less than two hours before the debate began, Trump held a surprise press conference in [St. Louis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis "St. Louis") with [Paula Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones "Paula Jones"), [Kathleen Willey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Willey "Kathleen Willey"), and [Juanita Broaddrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Broaddrick "Juanita Broaddrick"), who have [previously accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations"), and [Kathy Shelton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Shelton "Kathy Shelton"), a rape victim whose rapist had been represented in the 1970s by Hillary, an appointed [public defender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_defender_$United_States$ "Public defender (United States)"). Describing the conference as his "debate prep", Trump described the women as "courageous" and "victims of the Clintons", with each of the women repeating their grievances with the Clintons.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) At the conference, Trump refused to answer journalists' questions about the Access Hollywood tape.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) Clinton's campaign dismissed the conference as "an act of desperation" and denounced Trump's "destructive race to the bottom".[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-PR-105) First Lady [Michelle Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama "Michelle Obama") said referring to the controversy, "It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted."[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-106) The New York Times reported that just before the press conference, advisers to the Trump campaign told [Reince Priebus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reince_Priebus "Reince Priebus") that Trump had to leave to attend a "meet and greet" because they feared that "Priebus would object if he knew the truth". Campaign chairman Steve Bannon told Trump, "\[Broaddrick, Jones, Shelton, and Willey are\] going to rub up on you and be crying... \[a\]nd you're going to be empathetic." In response, Bannon recalled, Trump closed his eyes, moved his head back "like a Roman emperor", and said "I love it". Juanita Broaddrick told the Times she had "no idea what we were going in there for... \[b\]ut that doesn't matter. I would do it all again."[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-nyt-access-2020-107) During the debate itself, [co-moderator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_moderator "Debate moderator") [Anderson Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper "Anderson Cooper") pressed Trump about whether the conversation on the tape meant that Trump had committed sexual assault. Trump said it "was locker room talk" and "I'm not proud of it", and said he wanted to move on to other things, but finally responded "I have not."[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-DebateFact-39) It was later revealed that Trump had arranged for the women from his press conference to sit in his family box and that they were to walk into the audience at the same time as Bill Clinton and confront him on live TV, but debate officials intervened and prevented the planned stunt from happening.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-108) The [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press") later reported that Willey and Shelton had previously been financially compensated by Trump ally [Roger Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone "Roger Stone") during the campaign.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-109) Shortly after the story first broke on October 7, Canadian writer [Kelly Oxford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Oxford "Kelly Oxford") posted on Twitter, "Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats."[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) Within hours, the tweet had gone viral, receiving thousands of responses, many of them relating to stories of sexual assaults on women. Over 30 million people viewed or replied to Oxford's tweet within a week.[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:2-110) ### Response of athletes and coaches \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Response of athletes and coaches")\] News report of voter reactions by [Voice of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America "Voice of America") Numerous professional athletes and coaches rejected Trump's claim that what he said on the tape was "locker room talk", saying that such comments were not normal or acceptable.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-112)[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-113) [Los Angeles Clippers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers "Los Angeles Clippers") head coach [Doc Rivers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Rivers "Doc Rivers") said, "\[If Trump's comments are locker room talk\] that's a new locker room for me."[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Oakland Athletics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics "Oakland Athletics") [pitcher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher "Pitcher") [Sean Doolittle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Doolittle "Sean Doolittle") tweeted, "As an athlete, I've been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that's not locker room talk."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Kansas City Chiefs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs "Kansas City Chiefs") [wide receiver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_receiver "Wide receiver") [Chris Conley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Conley_$American_football$ "Chris Conley (American football)") tweeted, "Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) ... that is not locker room talk. Just so you know".[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [Los Angeles Dodgers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers "Los Angeles Dodgers") pitcher [Brett Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Anderson_$baseball$ "Brett Anderson (baseball)") tweeted, "What kind of fucked up locker rooms has Donald Trump been in".[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114) [NBA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA "NBA") [point guard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_guard "Point guard") [Kendall Marshall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Marshall "Kendall Marshall") tweeted, "PSA: sexual advances without consent is NOT locker room talk."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:4-114)[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [LA Galaxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Galaxy "LA Galaxy") midfielder [Robbie Rogers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Rogers "Robbie Rogers") tweeted, "I'm offended as an athlete that @realDonaldTrump keeps using this "locker room talk" as an excuse."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) Olympic hurdler and sprinter [Queen Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Harrison "Queen Harrison") tweeted, "Locker room talk,' 'Boys will be boys,' 'Harmless banter.' These are not valid excuses for behavior. Never have been, never will be."[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) [Atlanta Falcons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons "Atlanta Falcons") [tight end](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_end "Tight end") [Jacob Tamme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tamme "Jacob Tamme") tweeted, "It's not normal. And even if it were normal, it's not right."[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111)[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:5-115) These responses also prompted the creation of the hashtag \#NotInMyLockerRoom.[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-:3-111) Eleven months after the footage was leaked, retired professional boxer [Floyd Mayweather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather "Floyd Mayweather") defended Trump's comments stating, "People don't like the truth ... He speak like a real man spoke. ... So he talking locker room talk. Locker room talk. 'I'm the man, you know what I'm saying? You know who I am. Yeah, I grabbed her by the pussy. And?'"[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-116)[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-117) ### Anti-Trump memes and campaigns \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Anti-Trump memes and campaigns")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg/250px-Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_%2832521651625%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_IMG_4485_$32521651625$.jpg) Protester sign "Grab 'em by the combover" (reference to Trump's [comb over](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_over "Comb over") hairstyle), Washington DC, 2017 The backlash from the comments prompted a "Pussy Grabs Back" [hashtag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag "Hashtag") urging women to vote against Trump on [Election Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_$United_States$ "Election Day (United States)"). Anti-Trump memes featuring cat imagery spread on social media. The Guardian wrote that an image of a snarling cat became a "rallying cry for female rage against Trump".[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-118)[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-119)[\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-120) Trump's denial that he ever kissed or groped women without consent led to [more accusations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations "Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations") by several women that Trump sexually assaulted them.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-121)[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-122) Trump's campaign denied the allegations.[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-123) In response to the recording, Shannon Coulter started a viral campaign called \#GrabYourWallet, which urges individuals to [boycott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott "Boycott") various companies that sell Trump-related products.[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott-124) Various companies have since dropped Trump's products in response to the boycott, including [Shoes.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes.com "Shoes.com"), [Nordstrom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordstrom "Nordstrom"), [Bergdorf Goodman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergdorf_Goodman "Bergdorf Goodman"), and [Neiman Marcus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neiman_Marcus "Neiman Marcus").[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Boycott2-125) ### Alleged other tapes \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=19 "Edit section: Alleged other tapes")\] On October 9, former staffers of Trump's reality show [The Apprentice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_$American_TV_series$ "The Apprentice (American TV series)") and journalist [Geraldo Rivera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera "Geraldo Rivera") said that they both individually have more damaging tapes of Trump, but did not say if they would be released to the public.[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-126)[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-127) Rivera later stated that he had searched his files and that he could not find anything relevant to the scandal.[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-128) Since the tape's release, Bill Pruitt, a producer of the first two seasons of the television series The Apprentice, claims there is behind-the-scenes footage of Trump saying things that are "far worse". NBCUniversal's news division does not have access to the archives of the series. Another Apprentice producer, [Chris Nee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Nee "Chris Nee"), claimed on Twitter that Trump said "the N-word" in the archived footage.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-129)[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130) Nee later deleted the tweet.[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-131)[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-132) A [GoFundMe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoFundMe "GoFundMe") campaign was launched on October 9 with the goal of raising \$5.1 million to release more tapes. The campaign is known as the "Trump Sunlight Campaign". Nee wrote on Twitter to [Mark Cuban](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban "Mark Cuban") that there is a \$5 million penalty fee if the footage is leaked.[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-Nword-130)[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-133) [David Brock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brock "David Brock") also offered to pay the penalty to release the alleged tapes from The Apprentice.[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-134)[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-135) By election day, the "Sunlight campaign" had raised \$40,000. No tape was found as a result of the campaign. In December 2017, the organizer Aaron Holman posted an update stating that he would donate \$25,000 of the fundraised amount to [The Nation Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_Institute "The Nation Institute"), with the remaining used to reimburse expenses of "investigative work" done by the campaign.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-136) ### E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape&action=edit&section=20 "Edit section: E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit")\] In Trump's late 2022 deposition for [E. Jean Carroll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll "E. Jean Carroll")'s defamation lawsuit against him (related to her accusation that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and his response while U.S. president), Trump was questioned about whether he made the statements in the tape, to which he replied, "Well, historically, that's true with stars." Carroll's lawyers cited the statements as corroborating a larger pattern of sexual abuse by Trump, and his lawyers requested that the tape be disregarded as evidence in the trial.[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-137)[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-138) The jurors viewed the tape during trial and went on to find Trump liable for battery and defamation against Carroll.[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-139) After the jury in the case awarded Carroll \$5 million, finding Trump liable for sexual abuse, Trump requested a new trial. In declining this request,[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-140) Kaplan cited, among other things, the Access Hollywood tape in his decision, saying, "Mr. Trump's own words from the Access Hollywood tape and from his deposition – that (a) stars '\[u\]nfortunately or fortunately' 'c\[ould\] do anything' they wished to do to women, including 'grab\[bing\] them by the pussy' and (b) he considers himself to be a 'star' – could have been regarded by the jury as a sort of personal confession as to his behavior."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape#cite_note-141) - [2017 Women's March](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March "2017 Women's March") - [Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal "Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal") - [Protests against Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_Donald_Trump "Protests against Donald Trump") - [Tiny Hands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Hands "Tiny Hands") - [MeToo movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeToo_movement "MeToo movement") - [October surprise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise "October surprise") 1. 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