George H.W. Bush accused of groping Michigan woman while he was president
She said the 93-year-old touched her inappropriately during a family photo at a campaign fundraiser in 1992
George H.W. Bush was accused of groping a woman while president on Thursday, following multiple allegations he had groped women after he left office.
A Michigan woman told CNN that the 41st president squeezed her buttocks while she posed for a picture with him at a campaign fundraiser in 1992. The woman, who was not identified by CNN, said she attended the event with her father and “we got closer together for a family photo and it was like ‘Holy crap!’” she said of Bush’s grope.
Bush, 93, has faced several allegations of groping women during photos in recent weeks but all of the previous allegations took place long after Bush had left office.
The latest accuser, whose ex-husband and best friend spoke to CNN about the incident, said the spate of allegations made against Bush convinced her to come forward.
“All the focus has been on ‘he’s old’. OK, but he wasn’t old when it happened to me,” she said. “I’ve been debating what to do about it.”
She is at least the sixth woman to allege Bush groped her.