Trump Drops ‘Hannity’ Interview Amid New Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pumps his fist during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Panama City, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Donald Trump cancelled a Thursday appearance on Fox News talking head Sean Hannity’s show amid a flood of fresh accusations from women who say that the GOP nominee touched them inappropriately.

Trump had been scheduled to appear on “Hannity” on Thursday night, according to a CNN Money report, but backed out just before noon.

A Fox spokesperson told TPM that the interview with Trump would be rescheduled, but did not provide further details.

According to CNN, “CBS This Morning” hosts also had difficulty getting hold of a Trump representative to discuss the groping allegations.

“We asked the Trump Organization to provide someone to talk to us, but it was unable to do so,” Norah O’Donnell noted, according to the report.

Fox News is still set to air a special program Thursday night hosted by Hannity that features three women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct, according to CNN.

Multiple women came forward in stories published Wednesday with their accounts of being groped or forcibly kissed by Donald Trump.

The Trump campaign has denied the allegations made by two women in one report by the New York Times as “fiction.”

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  1. I guess, he doesn’t want to look like hiding in a ‘safe space’ ? Score 1 for Megyn Kelly…

  2. I hate to break it to you, Donald, but Hannity is the last remaining place on Earth where you’re likely to see softballs.

  3. It’s real now. If even Sean Hannity can’t back him up, then it is officially over.
    BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  4. Avatar for ajoguy ajoguy says:

    Things are getting bad if he passes up an opportunity to talk on his buddy’s show.

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