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| Donald Trump says sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – live | Donald Trump says sexual misconduct accusers are 'horrible, horrible liars' – live |
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| This sounds familiar: after yesterday’s tape of a then 46-year-old Donald Trump saying of a young girl “I am going to be dating her in 10 years”, here’s a report from the same year (1992) in which Trump reportedly told two 14-year-olds: “In a couple of years, I’ll be dating you.” | |
| Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' https://t.co/nslYeqp8dg pic.twitter.com/ayDeW6nGNz | |
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| Pence: I believe Trump | |
| And what of Mike Pence? Trump’s VP candidate was interviewed on Thursday evening and was pressed directly by WBNS’ Scott Light on the claims that have been made against his running mate. | |
| Light: But governor, can you say with certainty that he has never done this: assaulted a woman. Yes or no? | |
| Pence: I can say with certainty that Donald Trump has denied that any of those actions that have been alleged have ever occurred. And I believe him. | |
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| People magazine is standing by its reporter Natasha Stoynoff and her allegations that Donald Trump forcibly kissed her against her will, despite receiving a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyers, according to CNN: | |
| People Magazine spox confirms they received the letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer, and says they stand by their story. | |
| Jess Cagle, People’s editor-in-chief, earlier published a defence of the story, which you can read in full here: | |
| We are grateful to Natasha Stoynoff for telling her story. Ms Stoynoff is a remarkable, ethical, honest and patriotic woman, and she has shared her story of being physically attacked by Donald Trump in 2005 because she felt it was her duty to make the public aware. | |
| To assign any other motive is a disgusting, pathetic attempt to victimize her again. We stand steadfastly by her, and are proud to publish her clear, credible account of what happened. | |
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| Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott – he’s a Liberal, but not in the sense that Trump supporters might use the word – has praised the Republican nominee for his “classic conservative” policies, while conceding that “some of his views” might go a bit far: | |
| Before the Trump haters get too excited, some of his views are OTT but cutting tax and boosting defence are classic conservatism | |
| Abbott’s successor, current PM Malcolm Turnbull, said today he wouldn’t get involved in the US elections. But on Monday he called Trump’s comments on grabbing women’s genitals “loathsome”: | |
| They deserve the absolutely universal condemnation that they’ve received. | |
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| If the slew of Trump allegations and his responses are getting a bit much, Hillary Clinton shares your pain, she told a rally in San Francisco earlier on Thursday: | If the slew of Trump allegations and his responses are getting a bit much, Hillary Clinton shares your pain, she told a rally in San Francisco earlier on Thursday: |
| It makes you want to unplug the internet or just look at cat gifs. | It makes you want to unplug the internet or just look at cat gifs. |
| Believe me, in the last few weeks, I have watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things. | Believe me, in the last few weeks, I have watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things. |
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| And back in Cincinnati, where Trump has just said there is no better or safer place to be than a Trump rally: | And back in Cincinnati, where Trump has just said there is no better or safer place to be than a Trump rally: |
| Not fans of political correctness pic.twitter.com/0BnkwIGm2I | Not fans of political correctness pic.twitter.com/0BnkwIGm2I |
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| Meanwhile: | Meanwhile: |
| Barack Obama is LIGHTING INTO Republicans who just now figured out Trump is unacceptable. "You don't get points for that." | Barack Obama is LIGHTING INTO Republicans who just now figured out Trump is unacceptable. "You don't get points for that." |
| "People who know better stood silently by." Can't argue with that. | "People who know better stood silently by." Can't argue with that. |
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| Trump says if Clinton goes to China "if she goes down in Tiananmen Square, they'll just leave her there." | Trump says if Clinton goes to China "if she goes down in Tiananmen Square, they'll just leave her there." |
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| Trump says “multi-generational terrorism … is embedded in our communities … all over our country”: | Trump says “multi-generational terrorism … is embedded in our communities … all over our country”: |
| I am going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country! | I am going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country! |
| To be strong, the US needs to be a rich country, Trump adds. Current trade deals are “terrible, horrible”, he says. | To be strong, the US needs to be a rich country, Trump adds. Current trade deals are “terrible, horrible”, he says. |
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| Donald Trump is speaking now in Cincinnati. He’s on to his favoured topics: Hillary Clinton should be locked up; he’ll appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her. He’s going to build a wall. And who is going to pay for it, he muses. | Donald Trump is speaking now in Cincinnati. He’s on to his favoured topics: Hillary Clinton should be locked up; he’ll appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her. He’s going to build a wall. And who is going to pay for it, he muses. |
| Mexico, the crowd helpfully supplies. | Mexico, the crowd helpfully supplies. |
| Apparently that is indeed the correct answer, Trump confirms. | Apparently that is indeed the correct answer, Trump confirms. |
| Trump: The Clintons are the past but we are all going to be together a very bright future | Trump: The Clintons are the past but we are all going to be together a very bright future |
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| A lawyer for Billy Bush – caught on tape laughing along with Trump’s comments about groping women – has said Bush would have been fired if he had stood up to Trump, Associated Press reports: | A lawyer for Billy Bush – caught on tape laughing along with Trump’s comments about groping women – has said Bush would have been fired if he had stood up to Trump, Associated Press reports: |
| An attorney for Billy Bush is defending the TV personality’s part in a lewd 2005 exchange with Donald Trump. | An attorney for Billy Bush is defending the TV personality’s part in a lewd 2005 exchange with Donald Trump. |
| Marshall Grossman told the Hollywood Reporter that Bush would have been fired from his then job with Access Hollywood if he’d been passive or told Trump to shut up. | Marshall Grossman told the Hollywood Reporter that Bush would have been fired from his then job with Access Hollywood if he’d been passive or told Trump to shut up. |
| Grossman noted Bush was a NBC Universal employee talking with NBC’s The Apprentice star. | Grossman noted Bush was a NBC Universal employee talking with NBC’s The Apprentice star. |
| The attorney, who was quoted by the trade paper online Thursday, declined comment when reached by phone. | The attorney, who was quoted by the trade paper online Thursday, declined comment when reached by phone. |
| Bush, who joined NBC News’ Today as a co-host in recent months, was suspended after the tape became public last week. NBC is said to be privately negotiating his exit. | Bush, who joined NBC News’ Today as a co-host in recent months, was suspended after the tape became public last week. NBC is said to be privately negotiating his exit. |
| Both NBC and Access Hollywood declined to comment on the report. A publicist for Bush didn’t immediately respond when asked for comment. | Both NBC and Access Hollywood declined to comment on the report. A publicist for Bush didn’t immediately respond when asked for comment. |
| More on one of the previously lesser-known Bushes here: | More on one of the previously lesser-known Bushes here: |
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| Let’s hope People magazine is checking its Twitter notifications: it looks as if Melania Trump’s lawyers have sent that letter to the wrong postal address. | Let’s hope People magazine is checking its Twitter notifications: it looks as if Melania Trump’s lawyers have sent that letter to the wrong postal address. |
| Mathew Katz, news editor at Time magazine (People is part of Time Inc), says the company moved almost a year ago: | Mathew Katz, news editor at Time magazine (People is part of Time Inc), says the company moved almost a year ago: |
| This was mailed to the wrong address - we (Time Inc.) moved downtown in November https://t.co/yhXkx3mLPt | This was mailed to the wrong address - we (Time Inc.) moved downtown in November https://t.co/yhXkx3mLPt |
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| Melania Trump demands retraction from People magazine | Melania Trump demands retraction from People magazine |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| Melania Trump has now weighed in on the flurry of accusations that have hit her husband in recent days, posting to Twitter a letter apparently sent by her lawyers to People magazine, which published an account by reporter Natasha Stoynoff who said Donald Trump had kissed her against her will at his Mar-A-Lago estate a decade ago. | Melania Trump has now weighed in on the flurry of accusations that have hit her husband in recent days, posting to Twitter a letter apparently sent by her lawyers to People magazine, which published an account by reporter Natasha Stoynoff who said Donald Trump had kissed her against her will at his Mar-A-Lago estate a decade ago. |
| The letter – tweeted with only a “!” for comment – demands that People magazine remove and apologise for statements in the article that describe a meeting between Stoynoff and Melania Trump after the alleged groping took place: | The letter – tweeted with only a “!” for comment – demands that People magazine remove and apologise for statements in the article that describe a meeting between Stoynoff and Melania Trump after the alleged groping took place: |
| Mrs Trump did not encounter Ms Stoynoff on the street, nor have any conversation with her. The two are not friends and were never friends or even friendly. | Mrs Trump did not encounter Ms Stoynoff on the street, nor have any conversation with her. The two are not friends and were never friends or even friendly. |
| At the time in question, Mrs Trump would not have even recognized Ms Stoynoff if they had encountered one another on the street. | At the time in question, Mrs Trump would not have even recognized Ms Stoynoff if they had encountered one another on the street. |
| Your publication of the false statements is actionable and gives rise to claims of damages. | Your publication of the false statements is actionable and gives rise to claims of damages. |
| The letter gives the publisher 24 hours to respond: | The letter gives the publisher 24 hours to respond: |
| Failure to do so will require Mrs Trump to consider her legal options. | Failure to do so will require Mrs Trump to consider her legal options. |
| ! @people #NatashaStoynoff pic.twitter.com/zXNm6boveP | ! @people #NatashaStoynoff pic.twitter.com/zXNm6boveP |
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| Watch in full: Michelle Obama's speech in Manchester, New Hampshire | Watch in full: Michelle Obama's speech in Manchester, New Hampshire |
| Only hours old, this speech is being lauded as one of the most important addresses of this presidential campaign. | Only hours old, this speech is being lauded as one of the most important addresses of this presidential campaign. |
| Give it a watch. | Give it a watch. |
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| Mazin Sidahmed | Mazin Sidahmed |
| Comedian Rob Delaney has raised tens of thousands of dollars in a bid to oust Republicans who tried to distance themselves from Donald Trump following his recent scandals. | Comedian Rob Delaney has raised tens of thousands of dollars in a bid to oust Republicans who tried to distance themselves from Donald Trump following his recent scandals. |
| Delaney, star of the TV show Catastrophe, established a fund on ActBlue, a fundraising site for the Democratic party, to raise money for opponents of Republicans who retracted their endorsement from Donald Trump in the past week after a recording of Trump making lewd remarks during an Access Hollywood appearance about groping women surfaced. | Delaney, star of the TV show Catastrophe, established a fund on ActBlue, a fundraising site for the Democratic party, to raise money for opponents of Republicans who retracted their endorsement from Donald Trump in the past week after a recording of Trump making lewd remarks during an Access Hollywood appearance about groping women surfaced. |
| The fund has raised $68,294 from 1,176 donors in the four days since its launch. | The fund has raised $68,294 from 1,176 donors in the four days since its launch. |
| “That’s what it took for you to disavow him?” Delaney said in a blogpost announcing the fund titled No Getting Off the Train. “Since I’m not a total moron, I know that what really happened is that it finally became clear to anyone who knows how elections work that Trump was definitely going to lose. | “That’s what it took for you to disavow him?” Delaney said in a blogpost announcing the fund titled No Getting Off the Train. “Since I’m not a total moron, I know that what really happened is that it finally became clear to anyone who knows how elections work that Trump was definitely going to lose. |
| “So the same drive for self-preservation that led these turd balls to endorse him in the first place,” he continued, “has compelled them to pull the ripcord when Access Hollywood revealed their pussy tape and gave them the opportunity to pretend they care about women or something.” | “So the same drive for self-preservation that led these turd balls to endorse him in the first place,” he continued, “has compelled them to pull the ripcord when Access Hollywood revealed their pussy tape and gave them the opportunity to pretend they care about women or something.” |
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| Bill Clinton, responding to questions about allegations against Donald Trump: | Bill Clinton, responding to questions about allegations against Donald Trump: |
| I think my job is to tell people why Hillary should be president. I think Michelle Obama just gave the best speech of the campaign. I have nothing else to say. | I think my job is to tell people why Hillary should be president. I think Michelle Obama just gave the best speech of the campaign. I have nothing else to say. |
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| Donald Trump in 1998: My 'record' with 'the women' is too 'controversial' to be president | Donald Trump in 1998: My 'record' with 'the women' is too 'controversial' to be president |
| During a 1998 appearance on CNBC with host Chris Matthews, current Republican presidential nominee and then simple tycoon Donald Trump declared that if Bill Clinton’s personal pecadillos were enough to prompt impeachment proceedings, his own history with women was more than sufficient to keep him out of the White House. | During a 1998 appearance on CNBC with host Chris Matthews, current Republican presidential nominee and then simple tycoon Donald Trump declared that if Bill Clinton’s personal pecadillos were enough to prompt impeachment proceedings, his own history with women was more than sufficient to keep him out of the White House. |
| “Can you imagine how controversial I’d be?” Trump said at the time. “You think about him with the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?” | “Can you imagine how controversial I’d be?” Trump said at the time. “You think about him with the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?” |
| Trump was still confident that “his women” would be better received by the American public. | Trump was still confident that “his women” would be better received by the American public. |
| “Yeah. They might like my women better, too, you know?” | “Yeah. They might like my women better, too, you know?” |
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| Speaking in Columbus, Ohio, at Columbus Middle School in an address putatively geared towards millennial voters, beleaguered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a raucous crowd | Speaking in Columbus, Ohio, at Columbus Middle School in an address putatively geared towards millennial voters, beleaguered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a raucous crowd |
| “Our government has been taken hostage by global special interests,” Trump said, reiterating a conspiratorial tone from earlier today that has many observers cautioning against dog-whistling. | “Our government has been taken hostage by global special interests,” Trump said, reiterating a conspiratorial tone from earlier today that has many observers cautioning against dog-whistling. |
| Hillary Clinton, Trump said, is the apex of that corrupt enterprise. | Hillary Clinton, Trump said, is the apex of that corrupt enterprise. |
| “She is a criminal - she is a criminal,” Trump said. | “She is a criminal - she is a criminal,” Trump said. |