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Lewandowski denied wrongdoing in both cases.Д«ut more often than not, an allegation of wrongdoing hasn't stopped the former president from offering his endorsement. During the 2016 campaign, Trump had defended Lewandowski after he was accused of forcefully grabbing a reporter by the arm and faced a battery charge, which was dropped. Last week, Trump cut ties with his former campaign manager and longtime adviser Corey Lewandowski after a donor alleged Lewandowski made repeated unwanted sexual advances as a fundraising event. Still, the former president and his associates occasionally draw the line.

Trump himself has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women but he, like the other men he has defended, has always vigorously denied the allegations. And in 2017, he backed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore despite allegations that Moore had sexually assaulted teen girls decades ago when he was in his 30s. He defended a former White House aide who resigned after allegations that he was physically and emotionally abusive to two ex-wives became public. Trump has a long history of siding with powerful men accused of hurting women, from his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh to former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. To the contrary, knowing what he knows, Trump has endorsed my ex's bid for Congress,' she wrote. 'A White House staffer accused of assault by a woman whom the president knew and trusted? It didn't even seem to register on the president's radar screen as a concern. Anthony Gonzalez, one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him over the Jan.

Grisham says she told the former president and first lady before Miller announced his candidacy about the abuse but wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that they 'didn't seem to care.' Trump endorsed Miller as an act of revenge against Rep. Miller has adamantly denied the charges and on Wednesday filed a defamation suit accusing Grisham of sullying his name. The ex-boyfriend, Max Miller, was a fellow White House aide and is now running for Congress in Ohio with Trump's enthusiastic blessing. In her new book, 'I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House,' Stephanie Grisham, the former White House press secretary and chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump, accuses her ex-boyfriend of growing abusive as their relationship deteriorated. Others were said to have been shared with Trump personally or circulated within GOP circles well before he made his endorsements. Some details would have turned up in basic background checks similar to those required by many employers. The former president has little reason to be blindsided by the allegations facing some of the candidates he's endorsed. Whether they are the most viable candidate in a given race is secondary.' 'The endorsement process comes down to how much a candidate supports the former president and is willing to have the Trump machine run their campaign and fundraising. 'There is no vetting process - at least not on policy and electability,' said Dan Eberhart, a GOP donor and Trump supporter who said the concerns extend to many corners of the party. Such candidates may be able to win GOP primaries in which the party's Trump-supporting base dominates, only to struggle in the general election.ДЄnd with control of Congress hinging on just a few seats, such missteps could be costly. That's contributing to anxiety among some Republicans who worry that Trump is lending his powerful political backing only to those who flatter his ego.

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In doing so, he has endorsed a series of candidates involved in allegations of wrongdoing, especially concerning their treatment of women. President Donald Trump wades into contested primaries across the country, he's trying to exact revenge and remake the Republican Party in his image. A third has asked a judge to keep past protection-from-abuse orders sealed.ДЄs former U.S. Another allegedly threatened his ex-wife's life, exaggerated claims of financial success and alarmed business associates with his erratic behavior. One has been accused of assaulting another White House aide.

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