>> AN ATTORNEY IS ACCUSING CLARENCE THOMAS, SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE, OF GROPING HER BACK IN 1999.
REPORTERS CORROBORATED HER CLAIMS WITH SEVERAL OF HER
FRIENDS.
HER FRIENDS HAD SAID THAT SHE MADE THESE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST
HIM BACK IN 1999 BUT NEVER REPORTED IT.
I AM ASSUMING SHE HAS NOW COME FORWARD CONSIDERING WHAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MEDIA AND WHAT HE
HAD SAID IN THAT TAPE REGARDING HOW HE BELIEVES HE SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GRAB WOMEN BY THE PUSSY WITHOUT CONSENT.
NOW
SHE WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT SET THE DINNER UP, AND
SHE SAID SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED AND LOOKED UP TO JUSTICE THOMAS.
WHILE SHE WAS SETTING THE TABLE, SHE ALLEGED THAT HE CAME UP
FROM BEHIND AND GROPED HER.
>> AFTER PULLING HIM BY CUPPING HER BUTT, SHE SAID HE SQUEEZED
IT AGAIN.
CLARENCE THOMAS WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY ANITA HILL.
VERY FAMOUS MOMENT IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL.
BACK THEN I WAS SKEPTICAL AS WELL.
I REMEMBER THINKING WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
HIS LINES DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
BUT NOW I REALIZE THAT GUYS SAY A LOT OF THINGS THAT DON'T
MAKE SENSE WHILE HITTING ON WOMEN.
I FOUND IT SO OUTSIDE OF MY EXPERIENCE.
WHO IN A WORK SETTING WOULD TRY AND FORCE THEMSELVES ON WOMEN
THIS AGGRESSIVELY?
THAT IS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN MY CONTEXT.
BUT FOR A LOT OF OLDER CONSERVATIVES, THEY HAVE THIS
SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT.
AND THAT WAS FROM AN OLD-SCHOOL MINDSET.
THAT IS WHY I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
AND THIS IS AFTER HE WENT THROUGH THE ANITA HILL HEARINGS.
NOT ONLY IS HE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, BUT PEOPLE ACCUSED
HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND HE WAS LIVID.
HE SAID THIS WAS A HIGH-TECH LYNCHING.
THEY THINK I GOT AWAY WITH IT, I AM ON THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE
LAND.
THEY ARE ON MY SIDE, I DON'T CARE, I AM JUST GOING TO GRAB
THEM.
>>I THINK THE FACT THAT IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED AFTER THE
ANITA HILL HEARINGS IS THE MOST SURPRISING AND BRAZEN.
>>YOU HAVE SEEN IN ROGER AILES AND DONALD TRUMP.
THEY KEEP ON DOING IT BECAUSE WE KEEP ON LETTING THEM GET AWAY
WITH IT.
BILL COSBY ñ 50 WOMEN.
THEY TRY TO STOP HIM, HE COULDN'T.
AND PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT RELEVANT.
WELL, IT TURNS OUT MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE HE KEEPS DOING IT.
TO HER CREDIBILITY ON WHETHER THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHY
WOULD A VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL COUNSEL AT A COMPANY COME OUT
ABOUT A STORY THAT HAPPENED 17 YEARS AGO IF IT ISN'T TRUE?
CLARENCE THOMAS IS NOT PART OF THE ELECTION.
THEY SIT ON THE COURT FOREVER.
THERE IS NO INCENTIVE AT ALL.
SHE IS NOT GOING TO SUE HIM.
SHE WAS THERE, SHE WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE AT 23 YEARS OLD.
WHY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH WOULD SHE MAKE THIS UP?
I SUPPOSE ANYTHING IS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE HER, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
THAT MAKES YOU NOT BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE ELSE
THINKS IS FAIRLY LIKELY.
>> I THINK THAT IN SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE
SITUATIONS THEY FEEL EMBOLDENED BY THE FACT THAT THEY GOT AWAY
WITH IT.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION OF POWER YOU ARE ABLE TO GET AWAY
WITH A LOT MORE.
TO HER CREDIT, COMING FORWARD WITH THE ACCUSATIONS NOW IS
ACTUALLY A PRETTY RISKY THING TO DO.
>>OF COURSE.
SHE'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REPUBLICANS
REALLY MAD.
COULD THERE BE POWERFUL PEOPLE INSIDE HER COMPANY THAT SHE
MIGHT WORK FOR WHO MIGHT NOT GIVE HER A JOB AS GENERAL
COUNSEL?
THAT IS A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I DON'T SEE HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY HELP HER CAREERWISE,
BUT IT COULD REALLY HURT HER.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS WITH COLIN KAPERNICK WHEN HE SAT FOR THE
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
A LOT OF GM'S WENT AND SAID WE ARE NEVER GOING TO HIRE THAT
GUY AGAIN.
IF YOU GETS CUT BY THE 49ERS'S CAREER IS DONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF RISK IN TAKING THESE HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS.
A LOT OF THE EXCUSES THE TRUMP PEOPLE MAKE IS THERE IS AN
ELECTION GOING ON.
BUT NONE OF THAT IS TRUE HERE.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO AT THE TIME SAID IT IS NOT RELEVANT, YOU
HAVE TO CALL IT LIKE IT IS.
MY BAD.
IT TURNS OUT THAT IS WHO
CLARENCE THOMAS IS.