US President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations of sexual assault as “fake news” following recent revelations by a former contestant on his reality TV show.
During an impromptu press conference Sunday, Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House that claims by Summer Zervos are nothing but “made-up stuff.”
“All I can say is it’s totally fake news — just fake. It’s fake, it’s made-up stuff. And it’s disgraceful what happens,” he said. “That happens in the world of politics.”
Since the 2016 campaign, Trump has repeatedly used the term “fake news” largely for any coverage criticizing him or his allies; however, sexual harassment by Trump has been in the news for long and even has its own dedicated Wikipedia entry.
According to reports surfacing Sunday, lawyers for…