The Donald Dossier: Cutting Through This Week’s Noisy News The Donald Dossier: Cutting Through This Week’s Noisy News, With What You Need to Know On October 7, 2016, after The Washington Post made public a tape in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the vagina when they resist his advances, he gathered top advisers in Trump Tower and went around the room asking for advice. Republicans, already wary of him, were jumping ship in droves.