DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump felt compelled to tweet out his thoughts on allegations of sexual misconduct against Sen. Al Franken because they represented a ‘brand new news story,’ counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Friday, explaining away the difference between the president’s Franken tweets and his relatively couched comments on allegations against Republican Roy Moore…
Allegations against Franken (D-Minn.) that date back to 2006 surfaced on Thursday when broadcaster Leeann Tweeden said the senator and comedian had kissed her against her will and groped her breasts while she was asleep during a USO tour. A photo of Franken groping Tweeden, apparently taken aboard a military aircraft, was published along with Tweeden’s account…
While Trump was quick to attack Franken, his comments on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore have been relatively muted…
Trump himself has been accused of a range of sexual misconduct by at least 16 women, allegations that he vehemently denied during last year’s presidential campaign.”
-Louis Nelson, “Conway explains why Trump tweeted about Franken but not Moore,” Politico, Nov. 17, 2017 10:05am