US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and US President Donald Trump. Other Democratic lawmakers rallied behind Gillibrand, including US Senator Elizabeth Warren, another possible 2020 presidential candidate. Trump has called the accusations fabricated stories and he has said he did not know his accusers. On Monday, Gillibrand called the allegations credible and called on Trump to resign over them. The attention to sexual harassment accusations against Trump comes amid a wave of similar accusations against prominent men in Hollywood, the media and politics in recent months.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 12, 2017 19:30 UTC