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TMZ Staffers Claim Harvey Levin Worked to Discredit Trump’s Sexual Assault Accusers in Bombshell Rep

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/tmz...dit-trumps-sexual-assault-accusers-in-report/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tmz-g...vins-gossip-empire-became-trumps-best-friend/

A new report from the Daily Beast details the extent of the relationship between Harvey Levin, the founder of TMZ, and Donald Trump — including attempts to provide cover for the candidate after the release of the Access Hollywood tape, an allegedly salacious video of Trump that might have been quashed, and even personal efforts on the part of Levin to discredit Trump’s sexual assault accusers.

The extensive story, by the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright, includes a vast array of current and former sources at the gossip mega-website who described Levin’s cozy and mutually beneficial relationship with Trump.

One stunning revelation, based on two sources who spoke to the Beast, is Levin’s unusual involvement with stories on Trump’s sexual assault accusers:

After Jessica Leeds accused Trump of groping her on an airplane in the late 1970s, Levin personally called airlines to determine what happened.

“I remember when that woman started making allegations against Trump, Harvey made it a mission for days to discredit her,” a former staffer said. “In that instance he called airlines to ask what kind of armrests they were using at that time as this woman had said she was assaulted by Trump on a plane after he lifted the armrest up. Harvey personally called airlines.

“Harvey was convinced that when this incident occurred armrests didn’t lift up. He wanted to find a way to say she’s a liar.”

Jason Beckerman, TMZ’s head of legal affairs, told the Beast that while Levin did look into the armrests, it was a standard part of the website’s reporting. TMZ actually published a story backing Leed’s claims about the armrests.

But it wasn’t just Leed’s allegations that TMZ took an interest in:

But two days after adult film star Jessica Drake accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, TMZ wrote she “might’ve pulled off the ultimate publicity stunt—announcing an online sex shop 1 day before accusing The Donald.”

“There was definitely an air in the newsroom that Harvey wanted to discredit these people,” said the former staffer.

Levin friendship with Trump, which included frequent phone calls between the two and favorable coverage on TMZ, reportedly “destroyed newsroom morale and led to the departure of several key staffers.”

Cartwright’s report also reveals that TMZ was approached, during the 2016 election, by a lawyer claiming to have another damaging tape of Trump. Levin personally handled the pursuit of the tape, and had an executive at TMZ parent company Time Warner approve “a significant financial amount to purchase it.”

Levin went to meet the lawyer, but then claimed she didn’t show. Beckerman told the Beast that it was “insinuated” the lawyer sold the tape to someone else. A source told the Beast Levin said he had tipped off the Trump camp about the alleged tape.

“When I look back now this is possibly something really big that went down here. If something was hidden or killed there was a reason,” a former TMZ staffer told the Beast.

The also piece details how in the aftermath of the release of the Access Hollywood tape, TMZ ran a series of “exclusive” stories providing cover for Trump — which included a piece targeting Bill Clinton for his allegedly crude remarks and another accusing NBC News of timing the release of the tape.
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I been knew Harvey Levin was dirty.......he is a lawyer also

Wouldn't surprise me if his name comes up during the upcoming Harvey Weinstein legal proceedings. It's already been proven that Weinstein had a racket of fixers, paparazzi, newspapers, etc on the payroll that got dirt / killed stories for actors/actresses in Hollywood ....... so this will come out eventually about how Levin was involved
 
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livew...z-ditches-celebrity-gossip-for-maga-messaging

With Trump Ally At Helm, TMZ Ditches Celebrity Gossip For MAGA Messaging

TMZ founder Harvey Levin, a friend and avid supporter of President Donald Trump, steered his tabloid and television program to eschew their regular fare of celebrity gossip in favor of pro-Trump narratives during the 2016 campaign, even going so far as to possibly attempt to obtain and kill an incriminating tape of Trump, according to a Monday Daily Beast report.

The two men, longtime friends, reportedly got closer when Trump locked down the Republican nomination, triggering a total reversal of the TMZ newsroom into a pro-Trump propaganda machine.
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According to the Daily Beast, Levin developed relationships with Trump team players including former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

As the TMZ newsroom quickly transformed into a pro-Trump establishment, unnamed former staffers told the Daily Beast that people became dispirited and left. “TMZ was the Kardashians, Britney Spears, and Justin Bieber—and almost overnight it became about the election and supporting Trump,” a former staffer said. “There were so many stories the site did that were so crazy that it was so out of the scope of things TMZ would normally do.

“Every lead story we did was about politics and pro-Trump. It took on a completely different energy. It is not a conservative workplace. Some people left after the election. The place just became very dark.”
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Soon after the bombshell Access Hollywood tape went public, TMZ reportedly received a tip from a lawyer claiming to have a similarly explosive tape of Trump in a Trump Tower elevator. Per the Daily Beast, Levin was immediately interested and wanted to be personally involved in obtaining the tape, even asking TMZ’s corporate parent to approve the transaction.

According to different sources, the Daily Beast reported that the source either withdrew the offer or Levin demanded that TMZ staffers drop it. Levin also reportedly called Trump to tip him off about the tape’s existence.

The tape never materialized.

Levin continued to milk his relationship with Trump after he secured the presidency as well, publishing a series of exclusives featuring Trump and his family.
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So Cohen and Levin are buddy buddy...crazy how all these guys are connected.

Shit reminds me of the Atlanta finale when dude was saying there is definitely a black lawyer as good as every Jewish lawyer but they don’t have the same connections for systemic reasons.
 
Tim Arnold is out here saying Trump is on tape whooping Melanias ass in Trump Towers elevator.. he seen the tape and supposedly Harvey had/has it
 
Only the part of him Tiping off Trump sounds really damaging, all the rest sounds like you know, actual journalism...
 
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