EVAN GAHR \u00a0| \u00a0The Daily Caller
\nInvestigative Journalist<\/p>\n
Hyper-kinetic lawyer Gloria Allred is lashing back at the Donald Trump campaign for calling her a \u201cdiscredited political operative\u201d shilling for Hillary Clinton by representing women accusing him of predatory sexual behavior. She also took offense that some people at The Daily Caller consider her \u201can ambulance chaser.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is false and defamatory,\u201d Allred told the Washington Gadfly<\/i>.<\/p>\n
As for the Trump camp\u2019s charge, she said that, \u201cThe only person who is discredited is Donald Trump and he has managed to do that to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Referring to her criticism of Democrats Anthony Weiner and the San Diego mayor who resigned following sexual battery charges, Allred huffed that \u201cthe only political operative is the one who wrote this sad and laughable attack for Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, unlike almost all fancy pants journalists who ignore or hang-up on anybody who questions their ethic, Allred has provided a detailed response to the New York Post story about her new porn star client that undermines both their credibility.<\/p>\n
The Post reported<\/a> this weekend that Jessica Drake \u201cwho claims Donald Trump forcibly hugged and kissed her \u2014 then offered her $10,000 for a romp<\/a> \u2014 launched her online sex shop just one day before leveling the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJessica\u2019s online store has been in the works for a year. The store went live in September. She tweeted about it on Oct. 12. She has taken down that tweet. The press release was sent by her p.r. company to be published on Friday morning, but when it was sent, Jessica and I had not yet decided to do a press conference on Saturday,\u201d Allred contended. \u201cWe did not decide to do that until late Friday afternoon after I spoke to witnesses on Friday who confirmed that Jessica was in the hotel room with Trump and that Jessica had told witnesses about what she alleges had happened between her and Trump. After speaking to witnesses, Jessica and I then decided based on our schedules to do the press conference the next day [Saturday]. We did it then, because that was the only day that Jessica was able to do it. She was scheduled to participate in the Aids Walk in L.A. today [which she did do] and then she was scheduled to leave the country today for several weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n She also said \u201cJessica\u201d asked her webmaster to remove the website to dispel any notion that she is trying to \u201cprofit\u201d from her accusations.<\/p>\n \u201cIf she had planned to profit from this, she could have sold her story, (which would have had more details about Mr. Trump), but she chose not to do so, and will not sell or disclose those details now. Jessica is glad that she spoke out and will not be deterred by unwarranted attacks on her by Mr. Trump or his supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n Nothing on Google indicates that any mainstream reporters who covered the accusations<\/a> even followed up on the New York Post story.<\/p>\n So welcome to the inverto universe of mainstream journalism in the campaign homestretch as reporters feverishly try to destroy Trump\u2019s candidacy and reputation.<\/p>\n Just consider what has unfolded over the last few days.<\/p>\n \u2013The lawyer for one of Trump\u2019s accusers, concerned that newly-reported information about her client could undermine her credibility, puts out a detailed statement in response to anticipated questions from the press. Except nobody asks them anyway!<\/p>\n \u2013The New York Times reporter who gets accused here of violating<\/a> his own paper\u2019s standards with his story on Jessica \u201cOctopus Woman\u201d Leeds hangs up when questioned. But a civil-rights lawyer, \u201cSerpico,\u201d finds the criticism so searing and troubling feels compelled to offer a detailed response<\/a> and defense of the story that its own author won\u2019t defend.<\/p>\n \u2013This morning, Serpico offered a colorful response to the Post story that expressed skepticism of Allred\u2019s claims that Drake\u2019s online store is irrelevant. But he also criticized Trump. \u00a0Got that? The veteran litigator, was basically evenhanded, expressing skepticism about sides\u2019 spin. That is theoretically what reporters are paid to do but are clearly not.<\/p>\n \u201c\u201cI agree that the fact she started it in September, and is now apparently taking it down, doesn\u2019t altogether negate the argument that she had a financial motive for claiming DT assaulted her,\u201d he said. \u201cOn the other hand, Trump\u2019s motive for offering her 10K to come to his room alone is even more obvious. She\u2019s his kind of woman.\u201d<\/p>\n