Trump's video embracing Alva Johnson leaves both parties claiming

Johnson, a former Trump campaign staffer who lives in Alabama, said in a lawsuit filed in February that Trump had seized her by the hand and forcibly kissed her without her Florida consent in August 2016. Johnson also claims that she was underpaid compared to campaign staff members. The White House campaign and the Trump campaign have denied Johnson's allegations.

A short excerpt from a long video taken by a Trump campaign volunteer and published by Trump's lawyer, Charles Harder, earlier this week, would show the encounter.

In a case filed Wednesday in court, Harder argued that the video shows Trump kissing Johnson in a manner inconsistent with his allegations.

"The two interlocutors have a very brief and innocent interaction that is reciprocal – and not forced," Harder wrote, adding that the video indicated that Johnson's allegations "were totally false".

But in a court document filed after the video aired, Johnson's legal team said that "the video shows exactly what Ms. Johnson would have committed is an unwanted kiss on the part of the Trump Accused." ".

Johnson's lawyer, Hassan Zavareei, said in a statement to CNN on Friday: "To date, we have still not received the original unmodified video.There is no way to check if the video has been cut. "

Harder had already tried to file the case unsuccessfully, claiming at a hearing in June that the allegations were politically motivated.

"This is a political case that has its own political agenda that would have an impact on Donald Trump and paralyze his presidency.Doing that is wrong," Harder told the court.

The US District Judge, William Jung, responded that he felt Johnson deserved a hearing for his battery complaint.

"As for the battery case, we owe him his day in court, I do not see that go," said Jung.

In October 2016, a "Access Hollywood" video of 2005 was leaked and Trump stated that he felt entitled to "seize (women) by the p — y" without consent.

The Johnson team wrote in the initial complaint that after the release of the tape "Access Hollywood" in October 2016, Johnson had sought the assistance of a lawyer for advice on the incident of the kiss. About a week after the release of the tape, Johnson left the campaign, according to the lawsuit.

Zavareei told CNN that Johnson had publicly announced his allegation of sexual misconduct against Trump because she had "decided that she could no longer remain silent," adding that she "had tried to hire a lawyer immediately after the release of the cassette "Access Hollywood". "