A Reuters/Ipsos survey this week showed him lagging Clinton by 8 percentage points among likely voters. He put me in an embrace and I tried to push him away.
“He then grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast”, Zervos said.
‘It wasn’t a sexual come-on. “I know it’s a campaign, but this isn’t about politics”.
Leeds made the allegations on CNN and in The New York Times, to which Trump’s lawyers sent a letter demanding the newspaper retract and remove the story from its website. Anderson could not be reached for comment.
Trump is continuing to discuss the allegations even as his campaign advisers urge him to focus on issues. Trump and his campaign strongly deny the accusations. “Many more women have contacted me”, Allred said on Friday.
“Some are doing it for probably a little fame, they get some free fame”.
“It is absurd to think that one of the most recognizable business leaders on the planet with a strong record of empowering women in his companies would do the things alleged in this story, and for this to only become public decades later in the final month of a campaign for president should say it all”, Miller said. In the past 24 hours, women have come forward telling stories of sexual assault, groping and unwanted advances.
Zervos had sent Trump an e-mail in April, as he closed in on the Republican presidential nomination, saying that she had been “incredibly hurt” by their interaction, but had not planned to come forward publicly until after video surfaced last week of Trump bragging about using his celebrity to grope women without their consent.
She continued, “I pulled back and walked to another part of the room”.
Pence gave no details about the forthcoming information.
Donald Trump is facing a bombshell accusation of sexual assault from a former “Apprentice” contestant, and this time his troubles can be summed up in two words: Gloria Allred.
He added, “Hillary Clinton can spend all of her time and money pushing complete lies against our campaign, but I refuse to fall victim to this vicious cycle of personal attacks”.
The series of allegations of sexual assault have jeopardized Trump’s chances of winning on Election Day, and put Republican control of the U.S. Congress in danger.
Reuters could not independently verify the incidents.
She says she slapped the hand away and stood up, only to recognise the man as Mr Trump.
It was not immediately clear which of the women Trump was denigrating at the rally Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina. “And frankly, I don’t care if he goes after me”. “That would not be my first choice”.
One account, as reported by The New York Times, allegedly took place more than 30 years ago during a first-class flight.
He also called the magazine writer, Natasha Stoynoff, a “liar” for allegation she made Wednesday in People that Trump tried to kiss her in 2005 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida while she was on assignment. I waited for about 15 minutes until Mr. Trump emerged. I left hurriedly and called a friend who lived in NY because I was upset by the kiss. “He has never sought to influence what we report”.
Anderson, at the time a model in her early 20s, said she was seated on a couch in conversation with acquaintances when Trump, who was seated beside her, slid his fingers under her miniskirt and touched her genitals through her underwear.
Trump also accused his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of “character assassination”, saying that it was the former State Department Secretary’s “specialty”.