Bloomberg slammed for offering to publicise NDAS with 3 women
WASHINGTON/ LAS VEGAS: Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that his company has identified three women bound by nondisclosure agreements regarding his past conduct and that they would be released from their accords if they choose.
Bloomberg said the agreements concern “comments they said I had made”, and that the women should contact his company for a release.
The agreements have been a source of fierce criticism from rival candidate US Senator Elizabeth Warren, who called on Bloomberg to release the women from the agreements during the presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday and again at a televised town hall on Thursday, saying she had drawn up a “release and covenant” that the former New York City mayor could use.
“That’s just not good enough,”
Warren told reporters while campaigning in Las Vegas.
“He needs to do a blanket release so that all women who have been muzzled by non-disclosure agreements (NDAS) can step up and tell their side of the story,” she said.
When challenged by Warren at the debate, Bloomberg had said of the NDAS: “None of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe they didn’t like a joke I told.
70 PRO-BLOOMBERG ACCOUNTS SUSPENDED
Twitter has suspended 70 accounts for spam-like posts supporting Bloomberg, whose campaign has hired hundreds of people to promote him on social media. “We have taken enforcement action on a group of accounts for violating our rules against platform manipulation and spam,” a spokesperson for the platform said.
SANDERS WARNS RUSSIA AGAINST MEDDLING
Bernie Sanders has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay out of US election as he confirmed that US intelligence had briefed him on Russian efforts to help his presidential campaign.
Sanders told reporters in Bakersfield, California, “Let me tell Mr. Putin: the American people, whether you’re Republicans, Democrats, independents, are sick and tired of seeing Russia and other countries interfering in our elections.”