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ck4829

(35,077 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:06 PM Jan 2017

David Letterman foiled a blackmail plot by coming clean, does Donny think there is another way?

Television chatshow king David Letterman has confessed to a string of affairs with female employees after falling victim to a $2m (£1.2m) blackmail plot.

The long-time host of America's top-rated Late Show admitted his dalliances to his studio audience last night after giving testimony to a grand jury in New York about the alleged extortion.

The suspect, Robert J "Joe" Halderman, was arrested yesterday and indicted on one count of attempted first-degree grand larceny, punishable from five to 15 years upon conviction, Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau said.

Letterman, 62, said he was sent a letter by a man who threatened to reveal "terrible things" about his life in a film screenplay and book he was writing, unless the star paid up.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/02/david-letterman-sex-blackmail-plot

Trump can eliminate the suspicion and he can thwart the blackmailers easily; he can air his dirty laundry, say who he has had affairs with, he can release his financial documents and statements like his tax returns, he can open up his secret folders of business folders the press weren't allowed to see that transfers his business, and more.

Trump's denial is not fooling anybody and it only puts the integrity and security of this country at risk.

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David Letterman foiled a blackmail plot by coming clean, does Donny think there is another way? (Original Post) ck4829 Jan 2017 OP
Yes.... physioex Jan 2017 #1
Chump is not worthy of standing in Dave's shadow. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #2
The Letterman - Trump situations have a big difference. NCjack Jan 2017 #3

physioex

(6,890 posts)
1. Yes....
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:26 PM
Jan 2017

As long as it was between consenting adults most of could care less, this is more about the influence by foreign countries.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
3. The Letterman - Trump situations have a big difference.
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:48 PM
Jan 2017

Letterman, if he paid, would have done so from his own personal money. Trump, as usual, is paying his costs with other people's money, i.e., USA and Europe.

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