i was a nit wit. so the new york times covered it, published the story, checked it out and has gotten to friends that she told to go on the record. who didn t want to be named. didn t want to be named initially, now have been named and after the criticism, so not just the times but other outlets are they sort of feeling the heat from the left over this? maybe the me too movement and so on but i don t think it s our job to respond to reaction to how we covered the story and covered it differently. i really don t want to second-guess the times own assessment, they were overly cautious but as a journalists i don t think overly cautiouses and allegations are a bad thing. i looked back in clinton years, we at cbs news, we had many more
would have to say i was stupid, i was a nit wit. so the new york times covered it, published the story, checked it out and has gotten to friends that she told to go on the record. who didn t want to be named. didn t want to be named initially, now have been named and after the criticism, so not just the times but other outlets are they sort of feeling the heat from the left over this? maybe the me too movement and so on but i don t think it s our job to respond to reaction to how we covered the story and covered it differently. i really don t want to second-guess the times own assessment, they were overly cautious but as a journalists i don t think overly cautiouses and allegations are a bad thing. i looked back in clinton years, we at cbs news, we had many more
on aimz you don t see it. reporter: a access hollywood tape focused showing trump bragging about sexually assaulting women. and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the pussy. do anything. reporter: at least 15 women have accused trump of sexual assault, harassment or lewd behavior. all from before he was president. trump denied all of their claims. at the time, carroll says she didn t feel compelled to share her story. there were, you know, an army of women. they were coming forward. so i sat back and let them also, i thought it was my fault. and when if i was going to come forward, i would have to say i was stupid, i was a nitwit, i allowed this. so my frame of mind was not the best. reporter: now carroll says she shared her account of what happened soon after it allegedly occurred roughly 20 years ago, and cnn spoke to the two friends she said she told about the allegations. both of them confirmed that carroll shared this versio
then? no, they were doing the job, coming forward, an army of women, they were coming forward, so i sat back and also, i thought it was my fault and when, if i was going to come forward, i d have to say, i was stupid, i was a nitwit. i allowed this. so my frame of mind was not the best. dana bash, back with us now. it is interesting. this is the situation she s in from the president is the question about when she, why she didn t come forward sooner. yeah. that s always a question when you have allegations that are old. when you have people who say that they were attacked, assaulted, harassed, any form of that and didn t report it to the police, just like her. did she tell people at the time? i don t know the answer to that look, this is something we live through when this whole me too era exploded a couple years
did you consider in 2016 when donald trump was running for president and other women were coming forward with stories, accusations about sexual assault, did you consider speaking out then? no, because they were doing the job. they were coming forward. they were you know, an army of women were coming forward. so i sat back and let them. also, i thought it was my fault. and if i was going to come forward, i d have to say i was stupid, i was a nitwit, i allowed this. my frame of mind was not the best. president trump denies this as we ve said, he suggests now it s political. he s ramping up for his next political campaign. here s what he said. if anyone has information that the democratic party is working with miss carroll or new york magazine, notify us as soon as possible. the world should know what s really going on. it s a disgrace and people should pay for false accusations. there s the threat. is it politically motivated now. i m barely political.