Warren taunts Bloomberg with document to release his employees from NDAs - POLITICO

“This is an election for president of the United States, and transparency here is important. So, I used to teach contract law, and I thought I would make this easy,” Warren said to applause. “I wrote up a release and covenant not to sue, and all that Mayor Bloomberg has to do is download it — I’ll text it — sign it, and then the women, or men, will be free to speak and tell their own stories.”

Her campaign tweeted the document, which calls for Bloomberg and his company to release individuals from any agreements that bar them “from disclosing information related to sexual harassment, discrimination, or other misconduct at the Company or by Bloomberg himself.”

In his defense Wednesday night, Bloomberg said his company has “very few nondisclosure agreements,” though he failed to identify how many. He suggested the NDAs were all “made consensually” and insisted none of the agreements accuses him of wrongdoing “other than maybe they didn’t like a joke I told.”

“If he’s not willing to remove those gags and let those women — and maybe those men — talk, then he is disqualified from being president of the United States,” Warren said Thursday.

But if the former mayor of New York City is the nominee, Warren, added, “I will support the Democratic nominee because I believe that everyone on that stage would make a better president than Donald Trump. I’m in. But what we’ve got right now is a chance for the Nevada voters to make sure that Michael Bloomberg is not our nominee, and that’s what I’m asking.”

Bloomberg, who is skipping the first four states, will not be on the ballot when Nevadans caucus on Saturday or in South Carolina next week.

2020-02-21 02:53:00Z
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