This is one case where the pictures really told the story.
A former Trump campaign aide who accused then-candidate Donald Trump of committing battery by forcibly kissing her at a campaign event in Florida in 2016 dropped her lawsuit against the president on Wednesday, according to The Daily Caller.
But even with witnesses debunking her story — and a video that basically shows it’s a sham — she’s still getting a sympathetic hearing from liberal reporters.
Alva Johnson, 43, filed a lawsuit in February claiming Trump grabbed her hand and kissed her on the mouth before a rally in Tampa.
The suit, which also accused Trump of gender and wage discrimination, was greeted with considerable attention by anti-Trump news outlets like CNN and The Washington Post.
However, numerous actual witnesses to the incident disputed Johnson’s version of events — including Pam Bondi, a woman who was attorney general of the state of Florida at the time, so probably has a fair understanding of what “battery” actually looks like.
“Do I recall seeing anything inappropriate? One hundred percent no,” Bondi told The Post in February. “I’m a prosecutor, and if I saw something inappropriate, I would have said something.”
A video of the incident released in July by Trump’s lawyers also showed Johnson’s claims were — to put it charitably — weak.
Trump Accuser Drops Lawsuit After Video Seems to Contradict Her Story
A former Trump campaign aide who accused then-candidate Donald Trump of committing battery by forcibly kissing her at a campaign event in Florida in 2016 dropped her lawsuit against the president on Wednesday, according to The Daily Caller.
But even with witnesses debunking her story — and a video that basically shows it’s a sham — she’s still getting a sympathetic hearing from liberal reporters.
Alva Johnson, 43, filed a lawsuit in February claiming Trump grabbed her hand and kissed her on the mouth before a rally in Tampa.
The suit, which also accused Trump of gender and wage discrimination, was greeted with considerable attention by anti-Trump news outlets like CNN and The Washington Post.
However, numerous actual witnesses to the incident disputed Johnson’s version of events — including Pam Bondi, a woman who was attorney general of the state of Florida at the time, so probably has a fair understanding of what “battery” actually looks like.
“Do I recall seeing anything inappropriate? One hundred percent no,” Bondi told The Post in February. “I’m a prosecutor, and if I saw something inappropriate, I would have said something.”
A video of the incident released in July by Trump’s lawyers also showed Johnson’s claims were — to put it charitably — weak.
Trump Accuser Drops Lawsuit After Video Seems to Contradict Her Story
