{UAH} Amid Fresh Allegations, the Trump Ship Starts to Sink
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Amid Fresh Allegations, the Trump Ship Starts to Sink
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S.O.S.: The Trump ship starts to sink
If the 2005 Access Hollywood audio was the iceberg for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, then Wednesday's new accusations of groping and unwanted kissing are the incoming water that's threatening to sink the ship. And fellow Republicans -- who've either embraced Trump, distanced themselves from him, or done both recently -- are the passengers who could go down with it. NBC News: "Four women accused Donald Trump in articles published Wednesday of having touched them in an inappropriate manner, adding to the growing list of women who say Trump has insensitively treated them as objects over several decades. The New York Times quoted two women as describing public encounters during which Trump grabbed or kissed them inappropriately. Separately, the Palm Beach Post quoted a Palm Springs, Florida, woman as saying Trump groped her 13 years ago at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Palm Beach. And a People magazine staff writer reported Wednesday that at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, Trump pushed her against a wall and was soon 'forcing his tongue down my throat.'"
More from NBC News:
Arianne Zucker: Why Trump's comments didn't shock her
Roger Stone calls claims of WikiLeaks collusion 'categorically false'
Miss USA contestant details unwanted encounters with Trump
Trump camp denies the new accusations
NBC News has confirmed none of the allegations, and the Trump campaign denies them. More: "It called The Times article 'fiction' Wednesday night and specifically accused the newspaper of 'coordinated character assassination' in an attempt to swing the race to his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. A letter sent to the newspaper by Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz called the story 'reckless' and 'defamatory.'" The letter from Trump's attorney also questions why these women waiting years before deciding to come forward with these accusations. (But doesn't that same argument undercut the accusers who've come out against Bill Clinton?)
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