trump Kicks Off Sexual Assault Awareness Month By Defending bill o'reilly

Donald Trump Kicks Off Sexual Assault Awareness Month By Defending Bill O’Reilly

The president said the Fox News host “shouldn’t have settled” in lawsuits accusing O’Reilly of sexual harassment.

By Paige Lavender
04/05/2017
The Huffington Post

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women, did anything wrong.

In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, Trump defended O’Reilly after the Times reported that O’Reilly or Fox News paid five women a total of about $13 million to settle claims of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior over the years.

“I think he’s a person I know well — he is a good person,” Trump said on Wednesday.

“I think he shouldn’t have settled; personally, I think he shouldn’t have settled,” Trump added. “Because you should have taken it all the way. I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.”

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“It’s very sad. Because he’s a very good person. I’ve always found him to be just a very, very good person. And by the way, a very, very talented person. Look what he’s done. So I feel very badly,” Trump told NBC.

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Last week, Trump declared April National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.