Barbara Res, the Trump Organization’s former executive vice president of construction and development, on Saturday disputed former President Donald Trump’s account that he rode with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in a helicopter that had to make an emergency landing in the 1990s.
“We were working on a very big project in California,” Res told NBC News’ Ali Vitali on MSNBC, adding: “We were working with local politicians and state politicians. And one of the very important politicians was this man, [former California state Sen.] Nate Holden.”
During a press conference on Thursday, Trump told a story about taking a helicopter flight with Brown, telling reporters that “we were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing.”
“This was not a pleasant landing, and Willie was, he was a little concerned. So I know him. I know him pretty well. I mean, I haven’t …