Trump to Intensify Attacks on Clinton Over Husband’s Accusers
Campaign says more women will soon come forward. "We’re going to turn him into Bill Cosby," Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon says.
Clinton Takes 9-Point Pennsylvania Lead: Bloomberg Poll
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Donald Trump believes his ploy at the Oct. 9 presidential debate to invite three women who claim they were assaulted by former President Bill Clinton—Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Paula Jones—has left Hillary Clinton “shaken” and helped unify Republican voters behind his embattled campaign.
So he’s doubling down on the strategy, which his advisers believe will make his opponent toxic and depress turnout among a key demographic group—young women—Clinton is counting on to win. A senior Trump adviser says the campaign will soon bring forward new accusers: “Women are coming to us who have been groped or sexually abused by Bill Clinton.”