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Trump Denies Woman's Allegation Of Unwanted Kissing In Trump Tower

In a pair of tweets, Trump denied the allegation from Rachel Crooks, which has been known for months, while also criticizing the Washington Post. But the president got key aspects of the story wrong.

The lengthy feature article on the front page of Monday's Washington Post was a profile of Rachel Crooks, one of more than a dozen women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct. After going public with her story in the fall of 2016 on the eve of the election, she is now running for the state Legislature in Ohio as a Democrat.

Up until this point, Trump hadn't directly addressed her claim that he kissed her against her will in 2006, with Trump and his spokespeople instead offering blanket denials.

That changed with two late morning tweets.

"A woman I don't know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake

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