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Senator kirsten gillibrand has been one of the "me too" movements biggest champions in congress and made change the centerpiece of her campaign. she was the first senator to call for former senator al franken to resign after a compromising photo of him surfaced in 2017. now a lot of people are upset at her handling of a sexual harassment allegation from a woman who worked in her office for a senior staffer in 2018. gillibrand says she conducted a thorough investigation and the person who was acc...

Connection has led to complicated political issues. ward writes how ivanka defended her dad after the deadly charlottesville protests. trump saying, quote, there was blame on both sides. ivanka adamantly sticking up for her father. ward writes ivanka told white house economic advisor gary cohn who was rocked by trumps remarks and by ivankas response, quote, my dads not a racist. he didnt mean any of it. publicly shes played the role of defiant daughter, side stepping salacious headlines. >> do y...

Mishandle sexual harassment allegations in her own off fis. last year, an aide accused a worker of sexual harassment. she launched seven interviews and concluded it didnt meet the standard for sexual harassment. gillibrand says those interviews did filed malik of other derogatory behavior and womens appearance. he continued to work in the office and had the process taken away. the process wasnt enough for the accuser who ultimately resigned who said the investigation was handle poorly. heres whe...

Punished with docked pay and a demotion but was not fired until last week. ultimately the accuser ended up resigning because of "how poorly the investigation and post-regs w investigation was handled." heres what gillibrand said this evening. >> i told this employee at the time that she was loved, that we loved her. i deeply valued her. which is why we took her allegations immediately, investigated them immediately, and did a prochlgs and thorough investigation. it was taken very seriously from ...

According to a letter obtained the accuser said she was suffering her resignation because of how poorly the investigation and post investigation was handled. today she defended her handling of the probe issuing a statement saying when allegations are made in the workplace we must believe women so that serious investigations can actually take place. he was fired from the office last week. cnns efforts havent been successful and he didnt respond to the request for comment. >> thank you so much for...

Evidence should be a. >> not everyone who accuses him of rape is a rape victim. she is an alleged rape victim. i dont believe a person who is an accuser is right to anonymity while the accused has his face splattered all over the newspapers. that shifts the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt. >> i think turning that name against not only unethical but against the law. we had a long-standing law that sexual assault needs to be redacted and not released. >> however, after the globe...

Evidence should be a. >> not everyone who accuses him of rape is a rape victim. she is an alleged rape victim. i dont believe a person who is an accuser is right to anonymity while the accused has his face splattered all over the newspapers. that shifts the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt. >> i think turning that name against not only unethical but against the law. we had a long-standing law that sexual assault needs to be redacted and not released. >> however, after the globe...

Focused on the damaging testimony from skyler watty and toms own son heath. what did you think was the strongest part of your case? >> the boys. the testimony of the boys. they heard the gunshot. >> but the defense was about to argue that over time both boys testimony had changed and in significant ways. >> heath is now stating that it sounds like a gunshot? its something that he didnt say in the first interview. the same thing with skyler. >> heaths courtroom testimony left tom furious, not at ...

Demeanor, his comportment, his assessment of his ex-wife and accusers being liars, all of that goes into play. and you have in the back drop watching around the interview and parading around the room is the documentary "surviving r. kelly." all of that is at play. you have to be careful from his lawyers perspective not to demonize the victimsment to be clear at that trial the test will be to substantiate every witness that comes forward, has to substantiate what theyre saying. they have to be co...

Be held. youre in contempt of court. that matter having been cleared i think now, fredricka, the issue becomes what is going to be i think the fight for his life. the case that hes facing now concerning the ten counts of aggravated sexual assault differs widely from the case, of course, he was dealing with back in 2002 that went to trial in 2008. we have here multiple accusers, three of them underage, multiple accounts. we have issues concerning the new tone and environment concerning me too and...