A Florida man charged with molesting a fellow passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight claimed that President Donald Trump had condoned his actions.
Bruce Michael Alexander was charged with abusive sexual contact, according to the US attorney’s office in New Mexico.
Alexander is alleged to have fondled a female passenger who was sitting in the row in front of him during Southwest Flight 5421 flying from Houston to Albuquerque.
When questioned, Alexander reportedly replied that ‘the President of the United States says it’s ok to grab women by their private parts’.
He was presumably referring to the now infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape when a hidden microphone caught the President talking lewdly about women, boasting that ‘you can do anything’ when you’re famous.
The female passenger, identified only as ‘CW’, confronted Alexander and asked to be seated elsewhere.
Alexander was arrested by the FBI on arrival at Albuquerque. He could face up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
