In a new NY Times piece, two women claim that Donald Trump inappropriately touched them touched them in the past.
Jessica Leeds alleges that about 30 years ago, Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt while on an airplane. Rachel Crooks says she previously worked in Trump Tower at a company that Trump did not own, but once ran into the Presidential hopeful outside of an elevator – who kissed her after she introduced herself.
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According to Trump, this is untrue. He sent out a tweet that read:
“The phony story in the failing @NYTimes is a TOTAL FABRICATION. Written by same people as last discredited story on women. WATCH!”
When he was contacted by the Times before they pushlished the piece, he reportedly told the reporter that “None of this ever took place,” while referring to the reporter as “a disgusting human being.” He also threatened to sue.
Per Trump’s spokesman, Jason Miller:
“[F]or the New York Times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against Mr. Trump on a topic like this is dangerous. To reach back decades in an attempt to smear Mr. Trump trivializes sexual assault, and it sets a new low for where the media is willing to go in its efforts to determine this election.”
Who do you believe?