--- title: Donald Trump Accuser Melinda McGillivray: 'I Want Justice' description: Melinda McGillivray told Megyn Kelly on Tuesday that she wants President Donald Trump to face consequences for his alleged behavior. canonical: https://time.com/5060286/donald-trump-accuser-melinda-mcgillivray-interview/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-12T15:34:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:52.979Z article:section: Politics og:title: ‘I Want Justice.' 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: Panel of Women Who Have Accused President Trump of Misconduct [Watch (HLS stream): Panel of Women Who Have Accused President Trump of Misconduct](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zDWMIweE.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2017-12-11. Several women who have accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct gave a group press conference Monday morning to call on Congress to investigate their allegations._  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 12, 2017 3:34 PM UTC  Melinda McGillivray gestures as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lake Worth, Fla. on Oct. 14, 2016. Melinda McGillivray gestures as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lake Worth, Fla. on Oct. 14, 2016. Wilfredo Lee—AP/REX/Shutterstock  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 12, 2017 3:34 PM UTC Melinda “Mindy” McGillivray, who says that [Donald Trump](http://time.com/tag/donald-trump/) groped her in 2003, is joining calls for an investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against him. McGillivray appeared on Megyn Kelly’s show on Tuesday morning to echo the message of three other Trump accusers, who on Monday [called for a Congressional ethics investigation](http://time.com/5058518/donald-trump-sexual-harassment-allegations/) into the allegations against President Trump. “He has to face the music, he can’t get away with this. I demand an investigation,” McGillivray said. “I think it’s important that we hold this man to the highest of standards… Why hasn’t anything been done? Where is our investigation? I want justice.” McGillivray [originally came forward](http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/palm-beach-post-exclusive-local-woman-says-trump-groped-her/w5ii48gwdJY9htsLl88GcP/) with her allegations in October 2016 in an interview with the Palm Beach _Post._ She said that Trump grabbed her behind backstage during a Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago when she was 23. Trump hasn’t commented on McGillivray’s specific claims, but has denied all of the allegations against him. McGillivray told Kelly that she was shocked Trump was elected president last year. “I couldn’t believe a man like that could make it into the highest office and be revered as this leader,” she said. “I can’t look up to a man like that.” On Tuesday morning, Trump [tweeted](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/940554567414091776) that he’s facing “false accusations and fabricated stories of women who I don’t know and/or have never met.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/940554567414091776) But McGillivray, who said that she’s a registered Independent and wasn’t motivated by politics to come forward, told Kelly that she’s telling the truth. “I’m not a liar. I don’t want to be called a liar,” she said. “I want to teach my daughter that if this occurs — I don’t care who this man is — you’re going to stop it right then and there.” > [](https://twitter.com/MegynTODAY/status/940587972239544320) McGillivray is the latest Trump accuser to call for an investigation into the allegations. On Monday, three other Trump accusers — Jessica Leeds, Rachel Crooks and Samantha Holvey — [appeared](http://time.com/5058369/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-accusers/) on _Megyn Kelly Today_ before [holding a press conference](http://time.com/5058518/donald-trump-sexual-harassment-allegations/) to call on Congress to investigate the claims against Trump. A handful of Democratic lawmakers have [called on Trump to resign](http://time.com/5059417/donald-trump-democrats-resign/), while Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that Trump’s [accusers deserve to be heard](http://time.com/5057890/nikki-haley-sexual-misconduct-trump/). ## Transcript These dreams never included a man lining us all up to look us over like we were pieces of meat. These dreams never included a man coming into the backstage hair and makeup area while I sat naked under a robe. When I read the account of Temple Taggart, whose story had so mirrored my own, that I finally felt absolved of the guilt that I had somehow projected an image that made me an easy target. << I ran into him again, and he remembered me. So, that really stuck in my memory. I am hoping that this will come forward, And produce enough pressure on Congress to address it on more than just for their own members but to address it in the president. << They've investigated Other Congress members, so I think it only stands fair that he be investigated as well. If they were willing to investigate Senator Franken, I think it's only fair that they do the same for Trump. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5060286/donald-trump-accuser-melinda-mcgillivray-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5060286/donald-trump-accuser-melinda-mcgillivray-interview/"},"headline":"‘I Want Justice.' 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