First daughter Ivanka Trump struck back at NBC News for asking if she believes President Donald Trump’s sexual harassment accusers in an interview that aired on Monday’s broadcast of The Today Show.
“Do you believe your father’s [sexual misconduct] accusers?” –@PeterAlexander
“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated there’s no truth to it.” –@IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/23AVPgcOdE
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 26, 2018
Trump’s answer comes as some of the president’s accusers from the 2016 presidential campaign have been thrust back into the news. The Washington Post recently profiled accuser Rachel Crooks, who claims she introduced herself to Trump briefly while working as a secretary in his building.
“He started kissing me on one cheek, then the other cheek,” she recounted in a meeting with the Post. “He was talking to me in between kisses, asking where I was from, or if I wanted to be a model. He wouldn’t let go of my hand, and then he went right in and started kissing me on the lips.”
POTUS struck back on his own twitter account saying:
A woman I don’t know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake News Washington Post saying I kissed her (for two minutes yet) in the lobby of Trump Tower 12 years ago. Never happened! Who would do this in a public space with live security……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
….cameras running. Another False Accusation. Why doesn’t @washingtonpost report the story of the women taking money to make up stories about me? One had her home mortgage paid off. Only @FoxNews so reported…doesn’t fit the Mainstream Media narrative.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
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