{"id":136224,"date":"2024-12-12T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136224"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:24:55","slug":"latest-trump-nominee-accused-of-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136224","title":{"rendered":"Latest Trump nominee accused of sexual misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former San Francisco first lady-turned fierce Donald Trump loyalist, said Tuesday that<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kimguilfoyle\/status\/1866623893017927923\"> she was honored<\/a> to be the president-elect\u2019s choice to become ambassador to Greece and looked forward to earning the support of the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>But it remains to be seen whether Guilfoyle can win this support. She\u2019s got \u201cbaggage,\u201d as political observers would say, and not just because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/12\/10\/kimberly-guilfoyle-who-donald-trump-jr-flaunts-romance-with-palm-beach-socialite-report\/?mrfhud=true\">she may or may not still be engaged<\/a> to Trump\u2019s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The former San Francisco prosecutor also has faced allegations that she engaged in sexual misconduct when she worked as a host at Fox News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/the-secret-history-of-kimberly-guilfoyles-departure-from-fox\">reportedly subjecting a female assistant to \u201cdegrading, abusive, and sexually inappropriate behavior\u201d<\/a> and leaving the Rupert Murdoch-run network to pay out a multimillion-dollar settlement to avoid trial.<\/p>\n<p>Guilfoyle is the latest Trump nominee for a high-level, public-facing government position to face allegations of sexual impropriety. It\u2019s not clear yet whether such allegations will prove disqualifying for these jobs, with Trump barreling into his second term and insisting his government should be filled with loyalists. His party also controls the Senate, which is responsible for confirming nominees to positions in his Cabinet, in the federal courts and in the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>But making Guilfoyle an ambassador with her alleged history \u201cdoes continue the pattern that we have seen among a number of Trump nominees, one that he does not consider (sexual misconduct) a disqualifying issue in any forum,\u201d said Kathleen Dolan, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee whose focus includes women and politics.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has been accused of sexual misconduct or assault by at least 18 women and was found liable by a jury for sexually abusing a woman in a department store in the mid-1990s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/24\/trump-picks-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\">the Washington Post said<\/a>. The former reality TV star was first elected president in 2016, even after the release of the infamous \u201cAccess Hollywood\u201d tape, where he could be heard saying he \u201ccan do anything\u201d to women because he\u2019s a \u201cstar.\u201d Trump has repeatedly denied the accusations against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also a good mirror, I think, into where we still are in American society on sexual harassment,\u201d Dolan said. \u201cHalf the country would say, \u2018You can\u2019t be the ambassador if you\u2019ve been accused of this and your employer had to pay out millions of dollars to cover it up.\u2019 And then, some part of the country, is, \u2018Whatever, you know, boys will be boys, girls will be girls.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post added that Trump\u2019s willingness to pick people who face such accusations shows his insistence on placing loyalty above Washington norms and his tendency to play down accusations of sexual misconduct \u201cas invented claims or the work of political enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guilfoyle has been an enthusiastic campaigner and fundraiser for Trump, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/01\/08\/kimberly-guilfoyle-ripped-for-call-to-fight-and-sexy-dance-in-video-before-capitol-attack\/\"> she supported his false claims<\/a> that he won the 2020 election over Joe Biden. Her nomination is a further indication that Trump wants to demonstrate \u201cdefiance\u201d of these norms, perhaps point \u201ca middle finger\u201d and show \u201ca new level of trying to own the libs,\u201d Dolan also said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11300123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\" width=\"1999\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"11300123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump_Hegseth_78628_e0c4a5-1.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senate opposition did manage to end Trump\u2019s nomination of former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz to head the Justice Department, with Gaetz still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/14\/matt-gaetz-allegations-ag\/76292091007\/\">facing a House Ethics Committee investigation<\/a> into alleged child sex abuse and illegal drug use.<\/p>\n<p>But, for the time being, Trump appears to be standing by Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his picks to head the Defense and Health and Human Services departments, respectively. They each have histories of being accused of sexual assault, which both have denied. Linda McMahon, Trump\u2019s pick for education secretary and former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO, also has been accused in an October lawsuit of failing to prevent the sexual abuse of teenage WWE workers.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Guilfoyle began to surface soon after she left her lucrative job at Fox News in July 2018. Among the reasons publicly given for her departure was that she wanted to work for a pro-Trump Super Pac as she began dating Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p>But a 2018 story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/kimberly-guilfoyle-misconduct-allegations-fox-news_n_5b5a6064e4b0b15aba96f4de\">by HuffPost<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/the-secret-history-of-kimberly-guilfoyles-departure-from-fox\">a 2020 investigation by the New Yorker<\/a> revealed that the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom was asked to leave Fox News following a human resources investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior, including sexual misconduct. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer reported that the allegations involved Guilfoyle\u2019s former assistant who filed a draft complaint. The young woman alleged that Guilfoyle frequently required her to work at Guilfoyle\u2019s New York apartment while \u201cThe Five\u201d host, her direct supervisor, displayed herself naked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4573745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Kimberly Guilfoyle is an on-air personality on Fox News. (Fox News)\" width=\"1000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"4573745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/guilfoyle.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimberly Guilfoyle is an on-air personality on Fox News. (Fox News)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her complaint, the assistant also said Guilfoyle showed her photographs of the genitalia of men with whom she had had sexual relations, Mayer reported. The complaint further alleged that Guilfoyle, a Roger Ailes prot\u00e9g\u00e9e, \u201cspoke incessantly and luridly about her sex life\u201d and told the assistant she should sleep with wealthy and powerful men and submit to a Fox employee\u2019s demands for sexual favors.<\/p>\n<p>Under Ailes, Fox News became a hotbed of sexual harassment and retaliation, HuffPost reported. But the network worked to change its workplace culture after Ailes resigned in 2016, after he was accused of sexually harassing a number of female employees, including stars such as Gretchen Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Julie Roginsky.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer also reported that the assistant accused Guilfoyle of trying to buy her silence, while Fox secretly paid her an undisclosed sum. Mayer said she was told that the sum was \u201cupward of four million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guilfoyle denied the sexual misconduct allegations, both right after she left Fox News and, in a statement to the New Yorker in 2020, she said \u201cIn my 30-year career working for the SF District Attorney\u2019s Office, the LA District Attorney\u2019s Office, in media and in politics, I have never engaged in any workplace misconduct of any kind. During my career, I have served as a mentor to countless women, with many of whom I remain exceptionally close to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11305346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle attend former US president Donald Trump's press conference following his court appearance over an alleged 'hush-money' payment, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 4, 2023. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA \/ AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"6138\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"11305346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guilfoyle3.jpeg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle attend former US president Donald Trump\u2019s press conference following his court appearance over an alleged \u2018hush-money\u2019 payment, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 4, 2023. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA \/ AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty Images)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for a comment Wednesday on Guilfoyle\u2019s nomination, the sexual misconduct allegations against her or her qualifications to be an ambassador. In a statement, Trump praised Guilfoyle for her loyalty and \u201cher extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, sexual misconduct allegations have been the subject of rigorous FBI background checks or tense confirmation hearings, such as the 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing involving Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s claims that future U.S. Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s. After Kavanaugh denied the accusations, the committee voted along party lines to advance his confirmation to a full Senate vote.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to diplomatic posts, Eric Garcetti\u2019s Senate nomination to become Biden\u2019s ambassador to India stalled for 20 months \u2013 even though the former Los Angeles mayor wasn\u2019t accused of sexual misconduct himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/garcetti-india-ambassador-los-angeles-mayor-3c1989656dbec03267a1762bf3da9b9d\">as the Associated Press\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/01\/1198916101\/eric-garcetti-investigation-me-too\">NPR reported<\/a>. Instead, he was accused of ignoring complaints of sexual harassment, allegedly committed by one of his mayoral aides. Iowa Senator Charles Grassley led an effort to hold up Garcett\u2019s nomination and oversaw an investigative report into his actions with regard to the aide. Garcetti eventually confirmed in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment on whether he would seek an investigation into Guilfoyle\u2019s activities at Fox News. Spokespeople for several Democratic and Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which holds confirmation hearings for top State Department posts, also did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Dolan said it\u2019s not uncommon for presidents to reward allies with ambassadorships, though nominees usually possess applicable professional skills and may have an affinity for their assigned country\u2019s culture. The current U.S. ambassador to Greece, <a href=\"https:\/\/gr.usembassy.gov\/embassy-consulate\/athens\/ambassador\/\">George Tsunis<\/a>, is Greek-American, and Greek is his first language, while Guilfoyle only <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kimguilfoyle\/status\/1866623893017927923\">said on X<\/a> that she appreciates that \u201cdemocratic values born in Greece \u2026 helped shape the founding of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like others, Dolan questioned the timing of Trump\u2019s announcement, which came hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14173793\/Donald-Trump-Jr-Bettina-Anderson-holding-hands-birthday-palm-beach-Kimberly-Guilfoyle.html\">the Daily Mail<\/a> first broke the news that Trump Jr. has apparently gotten himself a new girlfriend, Palm Beach socialite named Bettina Anderson. While Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle have not publicly ended their six-year relationship or called off their engagement, commentators<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/donald-trump-jr-bettina-anderson-kimberly-guilfoyle?srsltid=AfmBOorac5I1IiDgu6e89Rxy4VE6AmzyQM12v_gpDSd4YyMQayCEKy3D\"> at Vanity Fair<\/a> and other outlets are seeing the convenience in having Guilfoyle sent abroad for \u201ca shiny new job.\u201d Dolan also asked: \u201cIs this the way to get her out of the way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: <time datetime=\"2024-12-11 15:21:29\">December 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/12\/11\/kimberly-guilfoyle-latest-trump-nominee-accused-of-sexual-misconduct\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former San Francisco first lady-turned fierce Donald Trump loyalist, said Tuesday that she was honored to be the president-elect\u2019s choice to become ambassador to Greece and looked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136224\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}