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Donald Trump refused to answer a direct question regarding recent allegations of sexual assault ahead of a campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Florida.
An Associated Press reporter asked Trump if he ever touched or kissed a woman without her consent as he walked out of a conference room.
Trump shook his head as people in the room, who were business people meeting with Trump, booed and said "get out of here."
According to the reporter, Trump said, "what a sleazebag," as he was escorted out of the room.
The interaction was caught in a live stream broadcast by Right Side Broadcasting.
The question comes after a New York Times story in which two women came forward with accounts of Trump making inappropriate sexual advances toward them.
Jessica Leeds told the Times that the Republican nominee groped her breast and reached under her skirt while they sat next to each other on a flight in the 1980s.
“He was like an octopus,” she told the Times. “His hands were everywhere.”
The second woman, Rachel Crooks, told the Times that Trump began kissing her directly on the mouth after she introduced herself to him while waiting for an elevator in Trump Tower.
Trump has denied both allegations saying that he empowers women through his businesses.
“This entire article is fiction, and for the New York Times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against Mr. Trump on a topic like this is dangerous,” his campaign said.
Trump has faced great scrutiny on his treatment of women ever since a 2005 Access Hollywood tape captured him saying he grabs women "by the pussy."
During Sunday's debate, Trump dismissed the tape, calling it "locker room talk."
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