Hillary Clinton has come to the defense of embattled Minnesota Senator Al Franken on Friday just days after sexual misconduct allegations emerged against him.
During an interview with WABC Radio, the former Democratic presidential nominee praised Franken for immediately admitting that he acted inappropriately, telling listeners that the real predators are in the GOP.
‘Look at the contrast between Al Franken, accepting responsibility, apologizing, and Roy Moore and Donald Trump who have done neither,’ Clinton said.
Forrmer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (pictured 2017) blasts President Trump and Roy Moore
Clinton came to the defense of embattled Senator Al Franken (pictured July 2017) after it emerged he inappropriately touched a woman in 2006
‘[That] is the kind of accountability I’m talking about. I don’t hear that from Roy Moore or Donald Trump.’
Leeann Tweeden (pictured 2007) was groped by Franken while on a USO tour in 2006
Former Playboy playmate and radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden accused the former Saturday Night Live writer of groping her while they were on a USO tour together in 2006.
Franken admitted to the offense and offered his ‘sincerest apologies’ to Tweeden on Thursday.
Moore is running for Alabama Senator in the US Senate after Attorney General Jeff Sessions relinquished the seat in January to join the Trump administration.
Moore has been tied to a rash of sexual misconduct allegations over the past several days, including touching a 14-year-old girl inappropriately nearly 40 years ago.
The President, meanwhile, has had at least 16 different women come out on the record to level sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Both men vehemently deny any and all of the allegations.
Both Judge Roy Moore and Donald Trump have repeatedly denied sexual assault allegations against them from a rash of different women
Franken admitted on Thursday of inappropriate sexual contact with Tweeden and apologized
Clinton, however, was also pressed about her husband’s owned checkered past, including allegations of sexual assault made over the years against Bill Clinton.
Rita Cosby (pictured Nov. 2017) interviewed Clinton on WABC radio
‘Every situation has to be judged on its own merit,’ Clinton explained to WABC radio host Rita Cosby.
‘I don’t know that we can rewrite and revise history,’ Clinton added. ‘I don’t exactly know what [New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand] was trying to say.’
Gillibrand, a Democrat, said on Thursday that she believes President Clinton should have resigned from office amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
The conversation was quickly refocused against Moore and Trump, with the former Secretary of State taking more shots at the two Republicans.
‘[Trump] has disgraced the office… I didn’t think he’d be as bad as he turned out to be,’ Clinton said.