EDITORIAL: By the Outlook’s Dave Schmidt

(6-3-24) The US has just gone through a trial that ended up in a conviction of President Donald Trump in New York.

The prosecutor’s case was based on evidence that Trump falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Now the country waits to see what sentence of the first convicted President that will be handed down to him…just before the upcoming Presidential election.

President Joe Biden was accused of by Tara Reade of sexual assault.

Former Senate aide Reade and her attorney Radha Stirling talk about Reade’s accusation that President Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 and why Reade is seeking Russian citizenship.

2020- Business Insider story—Here are all the times Joe Biden has been accused of acting inappropriately toward women and girls

Lucy Flores speaks out on her accusation on Joe Biden

CNN

  • Lucy Flores alleged in March 2019 that Biden grasped her shoulders from behind and kissed the back of her head without her consent during a campaign event in 2014.
  • Ally Coll, a former Democratic staffer, told The Washington Post in April 2019 that when she met Biden in 2008, he complimented her smile, squeezed her shoulders, and held her “for a beat too long.”
  • Sofie Karasek, a progressive organizer, was photographed holding hands and touching foreheads with Biden at the 2016 Academy Awards. Karasek said she felt Biden violated her personal space in that interaction.
  • Amy Stokes Lappos alleges Biden pulled her face close to him during a 2009 political fundraiser.
  • Caitlyn Caruso said that after she shared her story of sexual assault at a University of Nevada event in 2016, Biden hugged her “just a little bit too long” and put his hand on her thigh.
  • DJ Hill alleges Biden rested his hand on her shoulder and moved it down her back at a 2012 fundraising event in Minneapolis. Hill said the encounter made her “very uncomfortable.”
  • Vail Kohnert-Yount, a former White House intern, said when she met Biden in 2013, he “put his hand on the back of my head and pressed his forehead to my forehead.” Kohnert-Yount also said Biden called her a “pretty girl.”
  • In June 2019, Biden told the brothers of a 13-year-old girl to “keep the guys away” from her at a campaign event.
  • At a May 2019 campaign event, Biden told a 10-year-old girl, “I bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking.”

Jill Biden’s first husband Bill Stevenson said he first suspected that Biden and Jill were having an affair in August 1974. He was then 26, Jill was 23 and Joe was 31.

‘Then one of her best friends told me she thought Joe and Jill were getting a little too close. I was surprised that she came to me.’

Biden’s first wife Neilia and their one-year old daughter Naomi passed away in a December crash in 1972.

In her 2019 memoir, Jill Biden wrote of the family’s annual visits to the cemetery where Neilia and Naomi are buried.

“I owed her so much: my loyalty, my gratitude for the gift of these beautiful boys, and, yes, my love,”

Former President Bill Clinton during his reign as President faced constant issues with several women during his past and even while he was President.

Those women include Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Leslie Millwee, Kathleen Willey…plus admitted extramarital relationships with Intern Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers.

Clinton was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998, for “high crimes and misdemeanors“. The House adopted two articles of impeachment against Clinton, with the specific charges against Clinton being lying under oath and obstruction of justice. Two other articles had been considered but were rejected by the House vote.

The approved articles of impeachment were submitted to the United States Senate on January 7, 1999. A trial in the Senate then began, with Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding. On February 12, Clinton was acquitted on both counts as neither received the necessary two-thirds majority vote of the senators present for conviction and removal from office—in this instance 67 votes were needed. On Article One, 45 senators voted to convict while 55 voted for acquittal. On Article Two, 50 senators voted to convict while 50 voted for acquittal.

USA: CLINTON DENIES HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MONICA LEWINSKY

AP Archive

On November 13, 1998, President Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Paula Jones Settlement – 1998 | Today In History | 13 Nov 17

AP Archive

Infamous Mistress Gennifer Flowers Shares Her Regrets | Where Are They Now | Oprah Winfrey Network

OWN

President John F. Kennedy was involved in numerous affairs…including one with movie star Marilyn Monroe.

Besides Monroe a People Magazine story identifies several others…Diana de Vegh, Judith Exne, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Mimi Alford, Jill Cowan and Priscilla Wear.

Marilyn Monroe Singing Happy Birthday/Thanks For The Memories To President John F Kennedy 1962

Marilyn Monroe Video

So why was President Trump found guilty…while past President’s indiscretions seem to be overlooked by politicians and the main stream media. Those who applaud the conviction of President Trump over his affair with Stormy Daniels, have defended both Clinton and Biden in their ‘abuse’ of women.

It is obvious that we are facing a situation never seen in US History…one that might be hard to recover from.