Mike Pence on TODAY
Show says evidence disproving Trump's accusers 'hours' away
Defending running
mate Donald Trump, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence told
TODAY's Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie Friday that the evidence to
disprove Trump's accusers was just "hours" away from being made public.
disprove Trump's accusers was just "hours" away from being made public.
"Stay tuned, there's
more information coming forward," Pence explained Friday during a live
interview.
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At a rally in West
Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, Trump said allegations of sexual misconduct
levied at him by multiple women were "fabricated" and "absolutely false." He
claimed they were part of an effort to undermine his campaign with less than a
month before the election.
Several women have
come forward claiming Trump groped them or made unwanted sexual advances in the
wake of a leaked video of Trump being caught on a hot mic making lewd comments about women during a 2005
taping of Access Hollywood.
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"Donald Trump
yesterday categorically denied that these things happened, and I believe
him," Pence later added during the interview. "I think he was right
to say that he was embarrassed about that, that he was in a private
conversation. He said very clearly that it was just talk (and) that he regrets
what he said 11 years ago."
"These people
are horrible people, they're horrible, horrible liars and interestingly, it
happens to appear 26 days before our very important election, isn't that
amazing?" Trump said about his accusers at Thursday's rally.
Trump's campaign has
looked to turn the focus on Bill Clinton, noting his affair with Monica
Lewinsky during his time as president and staging a photo before Sunday's
presidential debate with three women who have accused Clinton of sexual
misconduct.
"The claims
against Bill Clinton now for decades have been quite well-chronicled in books
and history, they've been quite well-substantiated, and frankly, those women
have gotten scant attention this year or in previous years from many in the
mainstream media,'' Pence said.
"My view is
that those claims have largely been established through the record of history.
The people need to know that these unsubstantiated allegations have been
completely denied by Donald Trump."
Following the
release of the "Access Hollywood" video on Oct. 6, Pence released a
statement a day later condemning Trump's comments on the tape.
"As a husband
and father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump
in the eleven-year-old video released yesterday," Pence said in a written
statement. "I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. I am
grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people.
We pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what
is in his heart when he goes before the nation tomorrow night."
Trump claimed
Thursday that the women have come forward as part of a "concerted,
coordinated" effort by Hillary Clinton's campaign to distract from hacked
emails by Clinton aides that have been released by Wikileaks.
"The difficulty
is that at this point in the campaign, it's astonishing to see the enormous
coverage of these unfounded allegations, un-established allegations, compared
to an avalanche of emails coming out of Hillary Clinton's years as Secretary of
State,'' Pence said.
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