Trump blames Clinton campaign for latest sexual misconduct allegations

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published 20 October 2016

Hours after a 10th woman leveled allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump, the candidate's campaign released a statement calling "these circus-like antics" the work of Hillary Clinton's team. Trump's deputy communications director Jessica Ditto said in a statement that Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing Trump's alleged victim Karena Virginia, was nothing more than a "discredited political operative" participating in a "coordinated, publicity-seeking attack with the Clinton campaign." "Give me a break," the statement said. "Voters are tired of these circus-like antics and reject these fictional stories and the clear efforts to benefit Hillary Clinton."

At a press conference Thursday, Virginia accused Trump of sexually harassing her and grabbing her breast at the 1998 U.S. Open. Virginia said Trump asked her, "Don't you know who I am?" Trump has repeatedly said he does not know the women who have come forward accusing him of unwanted sexual conduct, but Virginia said that regardless of whether Trump remembers her, she certainly remembers him.