At a recent interview, Bill O Reilly asked Donald Trump a follow-up question on his latest scandal, "Have you assessed how you're going to win back women who were offended by the recent exposition from 'Access Hollywood'? Do you have a plan to get those women back?"
His answer was - "Well, first of all, locker room talk, and most people have heard it before, and I've had a lot of women come up to me and said, boy, I've heard that and I've heard a lot worse than that over my life."
He also added a surprisingly unapologetic tone in his answer, "And, you know, if that's why I'm going to lose an election to get rid of ISIS and to create strong borders and rebuild our military and do all the things we're going to do, including Supreme Court judges and saving the Second Amendment, because it's under siege with Hillary Clinton or as I call her crooked Hillary, which is what she is. If that's what it's going to take to lose an election, I would be pretty sad then I have to go back to my other life."
This was after an apology he had made earlier - "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologise." But Donald Trump actually told radio host Billy Bush that he committed an act of unwanted sexual advance on a married woman.
According to the US Department of Justice, "sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape."
Based on the US government's own definition and Trump's admission on tape, the Republican Presidential nominee may very well be guilty of sexual assault. The penalty for a person convicted of sexual assault allegation carries jail-time.
Donald Trump also told Billy Bush that he was "automatically attracted to beautiful (women)" and that he "just start[s] kissing them." And in his words, he doesn't "even wait." Apparently, "when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." These are Donald Trump's words about what he did and what he does.
CNN's Anderson Cooper pressed him at the 2nd Presidential debate to confirm whether he actually did the things he said he did, "Just for the record, though, are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent? Have you ever done those things?", Trump rumbled on but finally said,"No, I have not."
If Trump had said "Yes", he would have admitted his guilt of sexual assault. His "No" answer isn't good either. It means he lied to Billy Bush about his conduct with women and bragged about that lie.
To be fair, Hillary Clinton has a mountain of scandals that is just not going away. And Wikileaks is dropping one bomb after another. Her lying under oath at a Congressional hearing; her lying about emails and lying about those lies, the conduct of her aides in destroying evidence subpoenaed by Congress, the foreign contributions that seem to flow into the Clinton Foundation under her watch. The list goes on and on. If the law was correctly applied, she would clearly be in prison for the many laws she and her aides recklessly broke.
However, all of these still donot nullify nor justify the claim that Donald Trump made in 1995 on that bus with Billy Bush. Sexual immorality is considered one of the scarlet sins by the many Christian leaders that support his candidacy. While the Christian faith advocates forgiveness for someone who is repentant of his sins, the law is clear about the penalty for sexual assault.
If the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump are true and can be proven, he will have to face the music even if he becomes the US President.
Bill Clinton was accused of sexual misconduct and assault, even rape. But he has never been known to admit it, even privately. Donald Trump has actually said he has sexually assaulted women. Even if all his Christian supporters forgive him, the law may still not be on his side.
