The piece was published online Sunday night, one day before Bush appears on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” -- an interview that was arranged just a few days ago.
Bush says he decided to speak out after news reports indicated that Trump has been casting doubt on the authenticity of the so-called “Access Hollywood” tape.
On the 12-year-old tape, which resurfaced in the final weeks of the presidential election campaign last year, Bush and Trump spoke profanely about women -- and Trump bragged about sexual assault.
“When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything ... Grab them by the p****. You can do anything,” Trump said while Bush laughed along.
“He said it. ‘Grab ‘em by the p****,’’’ Bush wrote in his op-ed Sunday. “Of course he said it.”
“Every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act,” Bush said. “He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real. We now know better.”
Bush -- a relation of former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush -- lost his job on NBC’s “Today” show when the tape was published last year.
Trump won the election. But allegations of sexual harassment and assault in his past have emerged through media coverage and advocacy efforts.
Bush recounted specific allegations made by two of the women, Jill Harth and Kristin Anderson, saying he believed them.
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