Report of Trump inappropriately touching women is 'character assassination'

The Donald Trump campaign on Wednesday denied a New York Times report that he had inappropriately touched two women in separate incidents.

One woman told the newspaper that Trump had groped her on a flight more than 30 years ago and another said he kissed her on the mouth after she introduced herself to him in 2005.

"This entire article is fiction, and for the New York Times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against Mr. Trump on a topic like this is dangerous," campaign senior communicators advisor Jason Miller said in a statement.

"To reach back decades in an attempt to smear Mr. Trump trivializes sexual assault, and it sets a new low for where the media is willing to go in its efforts to determine this election."