Hillary Clinton's press secretary said that Donald Trump's claim that former President Bill Clinton may have been accused of rape is just another example of the real estate mogul lashing out.
"Trump is doing what he does best, attacking when he feels wounded and dragging the American people through the mud for his own gain. If that’s the kind of campaign he wants to run, that’s his choice," press secretary Nick Merrill said in a statement released shortly after Trump made the accusation during a Fox News interview.
The accusation came up during the presumptive Republican nominee's appearance on Sean Hannity's eponymous show.
Hannity mentioned the recent New York Times article that details Trump's history with women, and Hannity then asked whether the paper will be interviewing women who have brought allegations against the former president, naming three people who have accused Bill Clinton of, among other things, "exposure" and "groping and fondling."
At that point, Trump says: "And rape."
Hannity echoes the statement: "And rape."
Trump responds: "And big settlements, massive settlements."
The situation that Trump and Hannity were referencing first surfaced in 1999 and was publicly denied by Bill Clinton's personal lawyer at the time, David E. Kendell, who called them "absolutely false," according to a New York Times article from that period.
Trump didn't stop there.
"You know, he lost his law license, OK. He couldn't practice law. And you don't read about this on Clinton," Trump said.
As he was about to leave the White House, Bill Clinton agreed to have his Arkansas law license suspended for five years and pay a $25,000 fine, in connection with the Whitewater investigation.
Early this morning, Hillary Clinton sent out a fundraising email in her name to supporters, and though she didn’t specifically address the Fox interview, she did mention Trump.
"I am not afraid of Donald Trump," she wrote in the email. "He can attack me as much as he wants -- I know I can take it. But we won't let his attacks against Americans based on their ethnicity, their gender, or the faith they practice go unanswered."
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