As we reported last night, Donald Trump brought with him to the debate Paula Jones, Kathy Shelton, Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey, and the four women sat in the front row.
Trump reportedly wanted to seat them in his family box, but that was nixed:
NBC News confirms that Trump wanted 4 women Clinton accusers in family box on stage debate officials said they'd call security nixed it
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) October 10, 2016
Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton’s accusers in his family box. Debate officials said no. – The Washington Post https://t.co/uqH4Z0RIWa
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 10, 2016
If the Hillary campaign was concerned about eliminating unsettling optics, they still failed.
https://twitter.com/jamesspivey/status/785366781590278144
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/785474302883737600
Why? Hillary had two supporters up front as "debate moderators"
— whittierte (@whittierte) October 10, 2016
According to Rudy Giuliani, the Clinton campaign still wasn’t happy with the final seating arrangements:
https://twitter.com/AuditTheMedia/status/785380759716585472
Rudy Giuliani just said Clinton campaign called debate commission & asked to not let Broaddrick, Wiley, Jones, and Shelton sit in front row.
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) October 10, 2016