Trump vows to sue all female accusers
GETTYSBURG (AP) — Steering his campaign toward controversy yet again, Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sue every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior. He called them “liars” whose allegations he blamed Democrats for orchestrating.
Trump’s blunt threat of legal action eclipsed his planned focus on serious-minded policy during a speech in Gettysburg. Though his campaign had billed the speech as a chance for Trump to lay out a to-do list for his first 100 days as president, he seemed unable to restrain himself from relitigating grievances with Hillary Clinton, the media and especially the women who have come forward in recent days.
”All of these liars will be sued once the election is over,” Trump said. He added later: “I look so forward to doing that.”
Nearly a dozen women have publicly accused Trump of unwanted advances in the weeks since a 2005 recording emerged in which the former reality TV star boasted of kissing women and groping their genitals without their consent.
Trump has denied all the allegations, while insisting some of the women weren’t attractive enough for him to want to pursue.
“Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,” he said. Without offering evidence, he surmised that Clinton or the Democratic National Committee had put the women up to it.
Speaking to reporters aboard her campaign plane, Clinton said: “I saw where Trump went to Gettysburg, one of the most extraordinary places in American history, and basically said if he’s president he’ll spend his time suing women who have made charges against him based on his behavior.”
She also said the suggestion that Democrats or her campaign were encouraging women to level accusations against Trump was “inaccurate.”
Clinton told reporters that, after three debates, she wasn’t thinking about responding to what Trump says anymore and would “let the American people decide what he offers and what we offer.”