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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:55 PM Dec 2016

Report: Ari Emanuel refused to open library of Miss Universe tapes

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE

Ari Emanuel refused to release videotapes from the Miss Universe archives despite requests from Democrats in the weeks before the presidential election, according to a report in The Daily Beast.

Emanuel, a Democratic Party supporter whose brother, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, was President Obama’s first White House chief of staff, is CEO of WME-IMG, which bought the Miss Universe pageant rights and its archived video library from President-elect Donald Trump in 2015.

Some sources have told The Daily Beast that there could be video of Trump that would have been damaging to his presidential candidacy.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/310979-ari-emanuel-refused-to-open-library-of-miss-universe-tapes-report


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Report: Ari Emanuel refused to open library of Miss Universe tapes (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2016 OP
Fuck anybody who had video that could have SamKnause Dec 2016 #1
Absolutely get the red out Dec 2016 #4
Well, that tells us something about Ari Emanuel True Dough Dec 2016 #2
Oh how I wish our "Democrats" would actually be PARTISAN, for once! Tatiana Dec 2016 #3
Ari of HBO's "Entourage" underpants Dec 2016 #5
If he is anything like Ari on the show HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #8
Like it would have made a difference? GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #6
It wouldn't have mattered BainsBane Dec 2016 #7

True Dough

(20,257 posts)
2. Well, that tells us something about Ari Emanuel
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:58 PM
Dec 2016

But I highly doubt whatever might have been uncovered would have made any significant difference in the election outcome. If that "grab 'em by the pussy" tape wasn't enough to sink Drumpf, then it's hard to fathom that his supporters would have been dissuaded by another similar scandal.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
3. Oh how I wish our "Democrats" would actually be PARTISAN, for once!
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 02:00 PM
Dec 2016

I still hope the video is released. We should keep up the pressure to ensure he is viewed as illegitimate and unfit for office.

GoCubsGo

(33,012 posts)
6. Like it would have made a difference?
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 03:15 PM
Dec 2016

If "I like to grab them by the pussy" didn't cause more than a shrug, I doubt anything Emanuel had would budge opinions. There is all kinds of damaging video that is already public. None of it has swayed anyone. When Comrade Trump said he could go into Times Square, shoot someone, and get away with it, he was not kidding.

BainsBane

(54,771 posts)
7. It wouldn't have mattered
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 03:34 PM
Dec 2016

They voted for him after the Access Hollywood tape, after all his racist comments, after 12 women came forward alleging sexual assault.

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