Trump PAC paid Kathy Shelton to be in the audience
Kathy Shelton was paid $2,500 to sit in the audience.
As a public defender Mrs. Clinton was appointed by a Judge Maupin Cumming in Arkansas to serve as the attorney for Thomas Alfred Taylor. Once appointed, Hillary’s oath legally found her to defend her client to the best of her ability.
She was vigorously advocating for her client. What she did was appropriate,” said Andrew Schepard, director of Hofstra Law School’s Center for Children, Families and the Law. “He was lucky to have her as a lawyer … In terms of what’s good for the little girl? It would have been hell on the victim. But that wasn’t Hillary’s problem.
Trumps claim is MOSTLY FALSE as reported by Snopes, August 13, 2016
References:
- See full text of the 2016 Second Presidential Debate
- Thing Progress, October 9, 2016 – The truth about Kathy Shelton, the 12-year-old rape victim Trump used to attack Hillary Clinton – Kathy Shelton’s story has been warped and co-opted by the anti-Clinton machine.
- Snopes, August 13, 2016 – Hillary Clinton Freed Child Rapist
Hillary Clinton’s role in a 40-year-old rape case became the focal point of a viral meme in 2016, but the claims made about it were mostly inaccurate.