Lisa Bloom Tried To Bring Sexual Harassment Claims Against Trump Before Election Day

The New York Times has a new piece out, and it’s flying under the radar. No one really wants to talk about. Of course, we’re going to, because it’s a BIG FREAKING DEAL.

SCOOP: Clinton backers David Brock & Susie Tompkins Buell steered a total of $700k to @LisaBloom's firm to try to bring forward sexual misconduct accusations against TRUMP before Election Day. https://t.co/im1iT36tYS

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 31, 2017

Mhm.

In one instance, a nonprofit group– ran by Clinton friend David Brock– spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a failed attempt to bring sexual harassment claims against Donald Trump out prior to Election Day.

Think about that for a second. If you have to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring sexual harassment claims to light, chances are the sexual harassment claims are FICTIONAL.

And a nonprofit group founded by the Democratic activist David Brock, which people familiar with the arrangements say secretly spent $200,000 on an unsuccessful effort to bring forward accusations of sexual misconduct against Mr. Trump before Election Day, is considering creating a fund to encourage victims to bring forward similar claims against Republican politicians.

Oh. And Lisa Bloom literally begged for people to give her money so she could take Trump down.

Ms. Allred’s daughter, the lawyer Lisa Bloom, seized on the political potency of sexual harassment charges against Mr. Trump not long after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination. She said she reached out to a pro-Clinton “super PAC” — though she declined to identify which one — for money to help her vet a sexual misconduct claim against Mr. Trump.

Big donors reached out, because of course they did. Democrats play dirty.

That case collapsed one week before Election Day, but as a result of the attention it generated, several donors reached out to Ms. Bloom “asking how they could help,” she said. She told them that she was working with “a few other women” who might “find the courage to speak out” against Mr. Trump if the donors would provide funds for security, relocation and possibly a “safe house.”

Ms. Bloom would not identify the donors. But two Democrats familiar with the arrangements said a nonprofit group founded by Mr. Brock, American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, gave $200,000, while the fashion entrepreneur Susie Tompkins Buell, a major donor to Mr. Brock’s suite of groups, gave $500,000 to Ms. Bloom’s firm for the last-ditch effort.

Shady stuff. Then again, this is Lisa Bloom we’re talking about. No one should find this surprising.

It was not productive. One woman requested $2 million, Ms. Bloom said, then decided not to come forward. Nor did any other women.

Ms. Bloom said she refunded most of the cash, keeping only “some funds to pay for our out-of-pocket expenses” accrued while working to vet and prepare cases. She said that she did not receive any legal fees for the work, and that she did not communicate with Mrs. Clinton or her campaign “on any of this.” She said she represented only clients whose stories she had corroborated, and disputed the premise that she offered money to coax clients to come forward.

I have a hard time believing she didn’t communicate with Hillary or her minions. It smells like a load.

The Democrats familiar with the financial arrangements said Ms. Bloom’s firm kept the money from American Bridge, but refunded the money from Ms. Buell.

Mr. Brock declined to comment, and representatives from Mrs. Clinton’s campaign said they were unaware of his work with Ms. Bloom.

I don’t believe that either.

The greatest part of this? Hillary Clinton lost, and Lisa Bloom did all that “work” for nothing. She failed. She lost. They both did. All of the dirty Democrats did. I’ll never stop basking in that glory.

h/t Weasel Zippers