not only does the current frontrunner for the gop , presidential candidate , as well as a private individual who never raped anybody .
“ you can not rape your spouse .
michael cohen , who works for the republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul , made the outrageous remark while defending trump from a decades - old allegation that he once forced himself upon his then - wife ivana .
and , of course , understand that by the very definition , you ca n’t rape your spouse , ” cohen , 48 , told the daily beast .
it was an unfortunate turn of phrase for trump — in more ways than one of trump ’s main political advisors .
“ this is an event that has been widely reported on in the past , it is old news and it never happened , ” the trump spokesperson said .
ivana trump later clarified that she did n’t mean the term in a “ a literal or criminal sense , ” but rather in an emotional sense .
donald trump ’s presidential campaign team fired back monday night after the daily beast published an explosive story highlighting decades - old comments trump ’s ex - wife made where she used the word “ rape ” to describe one of their sexual encounters .
donald trump introduced his presidential campaign to the world with a slur against mexican immigrants , accusing them of being “ rapists ” and bringing crime into the country .