Former campaign staffer alleges that President Trump kissed her without consent

Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent. The White House denies the charge.https://wapo.st/2EeIimn 

Alva Johnson said Trump grabbed her hand and leaned in to kiss her on the lips as he exited an RV outside a rally in Tampa on Aug. 24, 2016. In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed the allegation as “absurd on its face.”https://wapo.st/2EeIimn 

Trump campaign staffer says he gave her unwanted kiss on her mouth before Florida rally in 2016. “I can still see his lips coming straight for my face,” Alva Johnson told the Post. White House denies it happened. With @Alice_Criteshttps://wapo.st/2IKaYtk?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.c90481020d61 …

While more than a dozen women have publicly accused Trump of kissing or groping them, Johnson is only accuser to come forward since the president took office and only one to allege unwanted contact during the campaign. She filed suit Monday in federal court in Florida.https://twitter.com/bethreinhard/status/1100033848635781120 …

“I’ve tried to let it go,” Alva Johnson said, beginning to cry. “You want to move on with your life. I don’t sleep. I wake up at 4 in the morning looking at the news. I feel guilty. The only thing I did was show up for work one day.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/former-campaign-staffer-alleges-in-lawsuit-that-trump-kissed-her-without-her-consent-the-white-house-denies-the-charge/2019/02/25/fe1869a4-3498-11e9-946a-115a5932c45b_story.html …

Johnson: “I immediately felt violated because I wasn’t expecting it or wanting it,” she said. “I can still see his lips coming straight for my face.” WH: "“This never happened and is directly contradicted by multiple highly credible eye witness accounts."https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/former-campaign-staffer-alleges-in-lawsuit-that-trump-kissed-her-without-her-consent-the-white-house-denies-the-charge/2019/02/25/fe1869a4-3498-11e9-946a-115a5932c45b_story.html?utm_term=.edc55c250570 …

Allegation by ex campaign staffer that @realDonaldTrump, in Aug. 2016, tried to kiss her on the lips is “absurd on its face,” says @PressSec, adding: “This never happened and is directly contradicted by multiple highly credible eye witness accounts."https://wapo.st/2H2gswM 

Trump's accuser told her boyfriend, mother and stepfather about the incident that day, all 3 have confirmed.

But "2 Trump supporters that Johnson identified as witnesses — a campaign official and Pam Bondi, then the Florida attorney general — denied seeing the alleged kiss in interviews with The Post."

“Do I recall seeing anything inappropriate? One hundred percent no,” Bondi said in an interview. “I’m a prosecutor, and if I saw something inappropriate, I would have said something.”

NEW: Lawyer for Trump accuser Alva Johnson says she feels "responsible" for putting a" sexual predator" in the White House: "I think she feels it as a duty that she can’t remain silent."https://trib.al/KwqisC8