Over a dozen women detail sexual allegations against Donald Trump
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The women called on Congress to investigate their claims
Over a dozen women who had accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct before he was elected president of the United States have detailed their ordeals publicly at a press conference.
The women gave accounts of having allegedly been forcibly groped and kissed by the businessman-turned-politician.
The women, who first came forward during the 2016 presidential campaign demanding Trump's suspensionfrom the elections, made headlines again after appearing on Megyn Kelly`s NBC show on Monday and a subsequent news conference in Manhattan.
Both times, the women called on Congress to investigate their claims.
Samantha Holvey, former Miss North Carolina 2006, who accused Trump of inspecting beauty pageant contestants, and Jessica Leeds, who accused him of grabbing her chest and attempting to move his hand up her skirt on a flight, were part of Monday's conference.
The accusers came forward with a wide range of accusations -- ranging from sexual harassment to lewd behaviour around women -- in, they said, the hope that they would be taken more seriously after a torrent of similar accusations have toppled the careers of powerful men in Hollywood and the news media.