A Short History of Threats Received by Donald Trump’s Opponents

The following article by Decca Muldowney was posted on the ProPublica website April 20, 2018:

The pattern goes beyond Stormy Daniels.

Stormy Daniels exits US District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 16, 2018. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

When Stormy Daniels spoke to “60 Minutes” last month, the porn actress described a threat she received years ago after speaking to a journalist about her alleged affair with Donald Trump. A stranger approached her in a parking lot in Las Vegas. Daniels was there with her baby daughter. “Leave Trump alone,” Daniels recalled the man warning her. “That’s a beautiful little girl. It’d be a shame if something happened to her mom.”

Daniels did not report the threat to the police. On Wednesday, Donald Trump tweeted that Daniels’ account of events was “a total con job” about a “non-existent man.”

As it happens, other people in disputes with Trump have also found themselves the targets of threats — and sometimes they’ve reported it to authorities. Continue reading “A Short History of Threats Received by Donald Trump’s Opponents”