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Donald Trump remains defiant after a slew of women accused the Republican presidential nominee of sexual assault.
“These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false,” he said at a lively West Palm Beach, Florida rally. “These claims are all fabricated, they’re pure fiction, and they’re outright lies. These events never, ever happened, and the people that said them meekly, fully understand.”
Trump said recent events amount to a “conspiracy” that will be resolved Nov. 8.
“This is a conspiracy against you, the American people,” Trump said. “Our independence day is at hand, and it arrives, finally, on Nov. 8.”
Clinton’s campaign continues to deal with the fallout over leaked internal emails.
The New York TImes issued a scathing response after Trump threatened a lawsuit on Thursday, a potentially damaging decision if he follows through with plans to sue.
Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail and took Trump to task over the recent accusations.
A new poll in Ohio gives Trump a glimmer of hope, but he still faces long odds to win with the current state of the race.
The polls open nationally in 24 days. Let’s get started.
Trump digs in
Trump spent over 45 minutes berating his accusers and the media, accusing them of lying to sink his White House bid.
Trump crowd in West Palm has now booed Republican establishment, Clinton, news media, Obama, attorney general, FBI director.
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) October 13, 2016
His campaign threatened to sue the New York Times over the publication of two accounts of unwanted touching and kissing by women who met Trump. One of the incidents allegedly took place in the 1970s and the other occurred in 2005.
The phony story in the failing @nytimes is a TOTAL FABRICATION. Written by same people as last discredited story on women. WATCH!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2016
If Trump sued the Times, he would need to prove “actual malice” to win a lawsuit since he is undoubtedly a public figure.
“Recovery by Mr. Trump against The New York Times would be extremely difficult,” said Rodney Smolla, dean of Widener University’s Delaware Law School. “The burden of proof would be on Mr. Trump to prove that the allegations against him are false.”
The burden of proof would be on Mr. Trump to prove that the allegations against him are false.
Law expert Rodney Smolla
Clinton’s campaign chief has a bad day
WikiLeaks is releasing thousands of emails daily from Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, and his Apple ID was part of the hacked documents. Within hours his iPad and iPhone had their data erased.
It turns out the same password controlled his Twitter account, and within in minutes he was hacked, tweeting his “support” for Trump.
The woeful personal cybersecurity of senior policy makers in DC isn't a joke. It is a major national security problem. https://t.co/iOB907YEnK
— Christopher Soghoian (@csoghoian) October 13, 2016
Michelle Obama goes after Trump
The First Lady was in New Hampshire for a campaign rally, but her voice began to shake with emotion as she described Donald Trump.
I can't believe I'm saying a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women.
Michelle Obama on Trump
“I can't believe I'm saying a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women,” Obama said. “I know this is a campaign but this isn't about politics. It's about basic human decency.”
Today’s @FLOTUS speech was the best of the 2016 campaign thus far, and it was right on time. Here it is, in full. https://t.co/ZNz8Vpk0l6
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 13, 2016
One piece of good news for Trump
Despite plenty of polls indicating eroding support for the Republican nominee, he comes out on top by one percentage point in Ohio according to a NBC/WSJ poll conducted after the debate.
Great event in Columbus- taking off for Cincinnati now. Great new Ohio poll out- thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2016
OHIO NBC/WSJ/MARIST POLL
Trump 42%
Clinton 41%
Links of Note
Fox anchor posts link to Trump accusers phone number and address (McClatchy)
Trump’s moment of reckoning (CNN)
Hillary Clinton answers 25 questions in writing on email practices (CBS)
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