Looking The Other Way Pt 2: On tape and under oath
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🗓️ 24 August 2024
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Episode 2 of our two-part investigation.
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| 0:00.0 | On our last episode, if it was just a handshake like a normal handshake, I probably wouldn't have a problem with that, but it was never just a handshake. |
| 0:07.5 | Kissing me forcibly on the lips, two times. This is something unequivocally that I did not witness. I'm not the only |
| 0:15.8 | person that this happened to in regards to Rick Jacobs and during his time with the |
| 0:19.9 | city. There's many others. Last time I'd consider this, you heard about allegations of sexual harassment against Rick Jacobs. |
| 0:27.0 | At the time, top advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. |
| 0:31.0 | Jacobs denied all wrongdoing, calling the allegations pure fiction. |
| 0:36.2 | Garcetti meanwhile was a rising star in the Democratic Party. |
| 0:39.8 | Like some other Democrats, Garcetti made fighting sexual harassment and supporting the Me Too Movement |
| 0:44.3 | part of his political brand. |
| 0:47.0 | So how would he react when harassment allegations were made against a member of his own |
| 0:51.3 | inner circle? |
| 0:52.3 | Did he tell the truth about what he knew and when? |
| 0:55.4 | Consider this. What happens when political ambition collides with a Me Too allegation and |
| 1:00.2 | the Democratic Party? |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Scott Dettro. It's considered this from NPR. Did Eric Garcetti tell the truth about what he knew and went? |
| 1:26.0 | It's an important question, not just given Garcetti's current job in the Biden administration as Ambassador to India, |
| 1:32.0 | but it also tells us something about the White House. administration as |
| 1:34.0 | the ambassador to India, |
| 1:35.0 | the White House and the National Democratic Party. |
| 1:36.0 | As party leaders attack Donald Trump |
| 1:39.0 | over accusations of sexual misconduct, |
| 1:41.0 | how have they handled accusations in their own ranks? |
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