Somehow a three-minute recording made 11 years ago is now the cause of the biggest scandal of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run and the potential end of Billy Bush's TV hosting career.
A lot can be said in three minutes.
On the leaked tape, Trump, who was newly married to Melania Trump at the time, could be heard boasting of trying to sleep with a married woman. Trump made the comments while riding on a bus with Bush, who could be heard egging him on.
"Access Hollywood" identified the woman Trump said he had tried to sleep with as Nancy O'Dell, a current "Entertainment Tonight" host. She and Bush hosted "Access Hollywood" at the time the tape was made.
Trump also bragged that he could grope women and kiss them without consent because of his celebrity status. All the while, Bush was right there affirming Trump's statements.
So it looked particularly bad for Bush when the two arrived at the "Days of Our Lives" studio, where Trump was set to do a cameo on the soap opera, and were greeted by actress Arianne Zucker. Not only did Trump and Bush ogle her through the window, but Bush insisted that she hug Trump and then him.
How did the tape escape years of being hidden away to becoming a bombshell of the election year? Here's a look at how it went down:
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August 2016: The New York Post reported that Billy Bush, while covering the Rio Olympics, bragged about having a "tape of Trump being a real dog." NBC staffers overheard, and that's reportedly how the search for the tape started.
Source: New York Post
Monday, October 3: NBC News says this is the day it first heard of the tape. It and "Access Hollywood" began working on separate stories about the recording.
Source: CNN
Tuesday, October 4: NBC News reportedly forwarded the video to its legal department for review, where it remained for two to three days.
Source: Politico
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