Even astute news consumers could be forgiven for missing the recent story about sexual abuse allegations against Walt Nauta, the "body man" for Donald Trump. Nauta has been indicted by the Justice Department of conspiring with Trump in the theft of classified documents from the U.S. government. While reporting on the abuse allegations by Roger Sollenberger of the Daily Beast is thorough and alarming, it was published late Friday, timing which tends to bury all but the most incendiary news stories. But it also got overlooked for the most damning of reasons: It's not surprising.
Most people at this point understand that Trump, whose guilt in the sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll has been upheld twice by jury verdicts, loves to surround himself with other men who are believed to be abusive towards women. The list of Trump associates who have been accused of sexual abuse or domestic violence is far too long to recount here, even if you skip the Jeffrey Epstein links.
