Robert H. Workman

Lock Haven

Trump has amassed, over his 79 years on the planet, a great deal of accusations over his actions. Many he got away with due partly by judges he picked and did as he wanted them to do, which range from accusations of raping a teenager in 1994 to rigging the 2016 election and declarations that he incited violence that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capital. Overall, Trump has 34 felony counts to his name, one official conviction and two impeachments on his CV (along with six instances of bankruptcy, which also feels super reassuring for the American economy… and which sadly has a big impact on the rest of the world.

1970s: Discrimination against Black renters: If you’ve seen the Trump-based film, The Apprentice, you’ll be familiar with this story. Back in 1973 when Trump was simply known for his endeavors in New York real estate rather than dividing a nation, he was sued by the US Department of Justice (along with his father, Fred Trump) for discrimination against black renters who wanted to rent in buildings he owned. The case was settled in 1975 with no admission of guilt, but Trump was required to sign a document agreeing to change his rental practices.

1980s: Sexual misconduct allegations begin: Over the years, at least 25 women have gone on record to accuse Trump of predatory and inappropriate behavior towards them, ranging from groping to rape, dating as far back as the 1980s and spanning right up until the mid-00s. Those who’ve accused Trump of wrongdoing range from a woman who says she was just a teenager at the time of being violently raped by Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to a journalist who says she was assaulted while interviewing the Trumps at home in Mar-a-Lago in 2005 (when Trump’s wife, Melania, was pregnant with their son, Barron). In papers relating to their divorce, Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, also accused him of rape, something she later retracted in a statement saying: “As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”

September 2025: While making a cameo on the soap Days Of Our Lives, Trump spoke to Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush and was recorded saying, “I don’t even wait and when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.” Many likened it to Trump encouraging and/or admitting sexual assault and the tape was used as evidence during one of his trials against E. Jean Carroll in October 2022. When the tape was made public in 2016, Trump responded by saying, “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.” Wow. Apologize.

April 2016: Trump is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl: In one particularly gutting allegation, a woman known only by the pseudonym Katie Johnson, accused Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of raping her when she was just 13 years old, back in 1994. In a formal declaration, Johnson wrote: “Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened me that, were I ever to reveal any of the details of Defendant Trump’s sexual and physical abuse of me, my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed.” Trump’s lawyer labelled the allegations as “categorically untrue” and “frivolous.” Initially the case was dismissed. It was refiled in September of that same year, but the lawsuit was withdrawn by Johnson two months later. She also pulled out of a public appearance shortly beforehand, saying she feared for her safety.

October 2016: A journalist accuses Trump of assaulting her in Mar-a-Lago: Natasha Stoynoff claims she was assaulted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate by him while working as a reporter for People Magazine in 2005. She’d been sent to Trump’s Florida home to cover his wedding anniversary with a then-pregnant Melania. During a house tour, Stoynoff alleges Trump forcibly kissed her and only stopped when a staff member entered the room. “Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat,” Stoynoff said in a 2016 essay for People about the apparent incident. A Trump spokeswoman responded to the article by saying “this never happened.”

October 2016: Stormy Daniels is paid hush money: Adult entertainer Stormy Daniels is paid $130,000 by Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, in order to keep quiet about having slept with Trump (something he denies happened). Apparently, this was due to fears that if the story broke, it could harm Trump’s reputation and his first bid for the White House. Trump has always denied knowledge of Daniels receiving such a payment at the hands of Cohen, who in turn claims he acted very much under Trump’s instructions.