Trump Adviser Apologizes For Rape Comment
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Donald Trump’s spokesman, Michael Cohen, responded to allegations that Donald Trump raped his ex-wife by saying, “You can’t rape your wife.” First, Cohen threatened the Daily Beast:
“I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we’re in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don’t have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know,” Cohen said. “So I’m warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I’m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?”
“You write a story that has Mr. Trump’s name in it, with the word rape, and I’m going to mess your life up… for as long as you’re on this frickin’ planet… you’re going to have judgements against you, so much money, you’ll never know how to get out from underneath it,” he added…
Ivana Trump ended up releasing a statement years later saying while she did feel violated, she didn’t want her use of the word rape “interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”
But Cohen also said:
“You’re talking about the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual who never raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse.”
“It is true,” Cohen added. “You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.”
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ABC’s John Santucci Tweeted a response from the Trump campaign:
.@realDonaldTrump campaign: “Nobody speaks for Mr. Trump, but Mr. Trump” distancing comments made by counsel "you cannot rape your spouse."
— John Santucci (@JTSantucci) July 28, 2015
Now, Mr. Cohen has apologized for his comments.
As an attorney, husband and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more than charges of rape or racism. They hit me at my core. Rarely am I surprised by the press, but the gall of this particular reporter to make such a reprehensible and false allegation against Mr. Trump truly stunned me. In my moment of shock and anger, I made an inarticulate comment – which I do not believe — and which I apologize for entirely,” Cohen said in a statement to CNN.
Perhaps Mr. Trump should stop putting Mr. Cohen out there to defend him.
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