The Access Hollywood tape recorded Trump boasting about kissing and groping women

Date: 2016-10-07
Entry type: sexual-misconduct-record
Current status: The recording is documented; this entry is not an adjudicated finding about a specific encounter.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

2005 Access Hollywood recordingrecording of the remarks
Donald J. Trumpspeaker captured on the recording

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
A 2005 recording published in 2016 captured Trump boasting about kissing and groping women and saying that when someone is a star, women let him do it.
- The Washington Post: Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005Published recording and transcript