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This former A++ lister knows his name is going to come up in the trial of the disgraced producer.

This is why people close to the former A++ lister have been trying to normalize the actions of the producer.

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Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers ask for mistrial after prosecutors link him to former President Bill Clinton

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers called for another mistrial Wednesday after Manhattan prosecutors made multiple mentions of the accused rapist’s friendship with former President Bill Clinton.

“Why the Clintons?” Weinstein’s attorney Arthur Aidala said in court. “Nobody mentioned Obama’s daughter interned with Mr. Weinstein. Nobody mentioned his relationship with the Cuomos or anyone else.”

During opening arguments, Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast displayed a picture of a chummy-looking Weinstein side by side with Clinton.

“When are pictures of two buddies with their arms around each other going to be relevant at any other point in this trial?” Aidala continued.

“On the day when the impeachment trial is going on, the jury is not allowed to read about this case yet they can read about the impeachment and the impeachment of Mr. Clinton.”

The first witness to take the stand, Lance Maerov, a former board member of now-defunct The Weinstein Company, was asked about Weinstein’s relationship with the former first couple.

“Was Mr. Weinstein particularly close with the Clintons?” Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi asked.

“Yes, he made a point of telling me that,” Maerov responded.

Prosecutors contended that jurors will hear about the Clinton link during witness testimony, which they claim a showboating Weinstein used to frighten his victims.

“We have a young woman who will be testifying that, among the many things Mr. Weinstein did to intimidate her, was to make sure she knew how close he was to the Clintons — even taking personal phone calls from Bill Clinton when he was with her,” Illuzzi said.

“She was a person from a dairy farm in Seattle who was intimidated by this hulking person who was on the phone with Bill Clinton every other day.” – Source

Hillary Clinton defends her ties to Harvey Weinstein

Hillary Clinton defended her friendship with Harvey Weinstein, saying there was no way to know that he was an alleged serial sex predator at the time.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the former secretary of state was asked whether she regretted her ties to the disgraced filmmaker, who’s been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 80 women.

“How could we have known? He raised money for me, for the Obamas, for Democrats in general,” Clinton said in the interview published Tuesday. “And that at the time was something that everybody thought made sense. And of course, if all of us had known what we know now, it would have affected our behavior.”

Weinstein had been a longtime donor to Democratic candidates and even held a fundraiser for Clinton during her 2016 presidential run.

On Wednesday, the first day of his rape trial in Manhattan, prosecutors showed jurors a photo of the movie mogul “rubbing elbows” with former President Bill Clinton.

The move prompted the defense to call for a mistrial, saying the chummy pic was “100% irrelevant and has nothing to do with sex crimes.” The judge denied the request. – Source


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