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Al Franken photo is 'really bad,' says Trump, but president remains silent about Roy Moore allegations

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has steadfastly refused to answer questions about Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama accused of molesting a teenage girl and making advances on others decades ago. Yet mere hours after a radio broadcaster accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat, of groping her during a 2006 USO tour, Trump targeted him with a pair of damning tweets.

The president was taking a gamble, as he often does, reflecting the lesson he learned last November: He can write his own political rules.

Trump withstood multiple sexual harassment allegations and the release of the

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