Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg appears to have had a change of heart since Wednesday’s Democratic debate.
When grilled Wednesday night on media giant Bloomberg’s use of nondisclosure agreements by other candidates, especially Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the billionaire was defensive and vague about numbers.
But that changed Friday afternoon, with him revealing that he asked company executives to go back over the firm’s record. In a statement, the presidential candidate said they identified three NDAs that it signed over the past 30-plus years with women to address complaints about comments they said he had made.
He added that if any of them want to be released from their NDA so that they can talk about those allegations, “they should contact the company and they’ll be given a release.”
“I’ve done a lot of reflecting on this issue over the past few days and I’ve decided that for as long as I’m running the company, we won’t offer confidentiality agreements to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward,” he said.
“I recognize that NDAs, particularly when they are used in the context of sexual harassment and sexual assault, promote a culture of silence in the workplace and contribute to a culture of women not feeling
When grilled Wednesday night on media giant Bloomberg’s use of nondisclosure agreements by other candidates, especially Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the billionaire was defensive and vague about numbers.
But that changed Friday afternoon, with him revealing that he asked company executives to go back over the firm’s record. In a statement, the presidential candidate said they identified three NDAs that it signed over the past 30-plus years with women to address complaints about comments they said he had made.
He added that if any of them want to be released from their NDA so that they can talk about those allegations, “they should contact the company and they’ll be given a release.”
“I’ve done a lot of reflecting on this issue over the past few days and I’ve decided that for as long as I’m running the company, we won’t offer confidentiality agreements to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward,” he said.
“I recognize that NDAs, particularly when they are used in the context of sexual harassment and sexual assault, promote a culture of silence in the workplace and contribute to a culture of women not feeling
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