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What Trump Knew and Voters Didn't

The 2016 election was won amid a coverup of illegal conduct designed to keep the truth from the electorate.
Source: Leah Millis / Reuters

In the waning days of the 2016 election, as Donald Trump alleged that Hillary Clinton was concealing corrupt behavior in her famously deleted emails, the Republican candidate was hiding a bombshell of his own.

Her name was Stormy Daniels. And unlike Trump’s tax returns, which the public still hasn’t seen, she could speak. She had long ago described having unprotected sex with the serially philandering celebrity shortly after his marriage to his third wife, Melania. In Touch magazine planned to publish a detailed account in 2011. But Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, threatened to sue. The article was held.

Flash forward to October 7, 2016: Trump already stood accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women when published a video in which he was recorded bragging that when he sees a beautiful woman, "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab

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