cnbc | Amid an exodus of other high-profile supporters, Donald Trump is keeping one key ally in his corner.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn
said Monday he is holding ranks with the Republican presidential
nominee, despite revelations in recent days that Trump made more
disparaging comments about women in the past.
"Over my years I've
listened to a lot of salacious talk in locker rooms, bachelor parties,
et cetera, by a lot of high-level people, some of whom are now
supposedly so outraged," Icahn told CNBC.com in a phone interview. "All I
can do is refer to that great quote, 'Let he who has not sinned cast
the first stone.'"
Trump is under fire after a video surfaced from 2005
in which he made comments criticized as endorsing sexual violence. He
described walking up to women and kissing them and grabbing their
genitalia.
Since the video surfaced, a slew of supporters have ditched the candidate. Key congressional Republicans including Arizona Sen. John McCain, himself a presidential nominee in 2008, have withdrawn their endorsements, with former GE CEO Jack Welch joining them. House Speaker Paul Ryan, the vice presidential nominee in 2012, told his colleagues Monday that he is done defending Trump and is now focusing on maintaining congressional majorities for his party.
