WH Position on Trump Accusers: They're All Liars
As the list of victims of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's unwanted sexual harassment and advances (which includes allegations of rape) grows, there's been a growing conversation in other industries about other powerful figures with long, whispered histories of abuse.
To this point, on Friday, CBS News reporter Jacqueline Alemany addressed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about President Trump's own history of sexual harassment and assault allegations. (One of the president's many accusers, former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, is subpoenaing him for election documents relating to Trump accusers.)
In Alemany and Sanders's exchange, Alemany asked:
"Obviously sexual harassment has been in the news. At least 16 women accused the president of sexually harassing them throughout the course of the campaign. Last week, during a press conference in the Rose Garden, the president called these accusations fake news. Is the official White House position that all these women are lying?"
To which Sanders replied:
"Yeah, we’ve been clear on that from the beginning, and the president’s spoken on it."
The first charges in U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation were filed Friday evening.
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