Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff didn’t explicitly deny allegations — made to the Each day Mail by a number of unnamed sources — that he as soon as slapped an ex-girlfriend and in addition employed a “trophy secretary” at his Los Angeles legislation agency.
Emhoff known as the tabloid tales “a distraction” when responding to a query throughout a Friday interview with “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC. The allegations couldn’t be independently verified by Fox Information Digital.
“We don’t have time to be pissed off. We do not have time to deal with it. It is designed to attempt to get us off our recreation,” Emhoff mentioned, earlier than pivoting to a warning a few potential second time period for former President Trump. “We perceive the stakes. We perceive the accountability. We perceive what is important. Our very nation. Our future.”
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Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff kisses Vice President Kamala Harris after talking on the fourth and final day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Heart in Chicago on Aug. 22. (Getty Photos)
Trump lately informed the Each day Wire that if he have been topic to the identical allegations as Emhoff, it will be “the best story within the final 5 years” within the media.
Earlier this month, an unnamed consultant for Emhoff informed Semafor the report that he slapped a former girlfriend throughout a 2012 journey to the Cannes Movie Pageant is “unfaithful.”
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Photos for Americares)
“Any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a lady is fake,” the consultant mentioned.
The Each day Mail’s unique story on the time quoted three unidentified sources who declare Emhoff slapped his then-girlfriend whereas the couple waited in a valet line following an occasion in Good, France, in 2012. The alleged altercation was purportedly sparked when the lady — recognized solely by the pseudonym “Jane,” and described as a profitable New York lawyer — flirted with a valet, in keeping with the article.
The Harris marketing campaign, the Workplace of the Vice President and a consultant for Emhoff’s ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff, didn’t remark regardless of repeated requests from Fox Information.
A number of media shops, together with Semafor, famous that they had been unable to match the Each day Mail’s reporting, and legacy media firms similar to The New York Occasions have but to report on the claims.
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Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff speaks onstage throughout Day 2 of the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago on Aug. 20. (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)
The Each day Mail’s article hinged on the recollections of three individuals described as being associates of “Jane.” The outlet mentioned its sources requested anonymity as a consequence of worry of retaliation from Emhoff. The three associates reportedly supplied the outlet with a photograph of the pair after they have been nonetheless a pair, in addition to itineraries and correspondence between Emhoff and “Jane” to substantiate that they made the journey to France in Might 2012.
One of many sources is described by the Each day Mail as a feminine New York lawyer who discovered concerning the alleged incident from “Jane.”
“He hauled up and slapped her so arduous she spun round,” the supply is quoted as saying. “She mentioned she was in utter shock. She was so livid, she slapped him on one facet, after which on the opposite cheek with the opposite hand.”
Fox Information’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
