- Donald Trump hosted a brief photo-op with three women – Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones, who have accused Bill Clinton of sexually abusing, harassing and raping them
- A fourth woman, Kathy Shelton, said Hillary Clinton blamed her when she was a 12-year-old victim and the future first lady represented her rapist
- The move came as a counterpunch from Trump just two days after audio surfaced of him talking about sexual abuse of women in vulgar terms
- 'Mr. Trump may have said some bad words, but Bill Clinton raped me,' Broaddrick said, 'and Hillary Clinton threatened me. I don't think there's any comparison'
- Reporters in the photo-op ignored the women's stories and instead pressed Trump about whether he ever touched women without consent
- Paula Jones turned it back on them: 'Why don't y'all go ask Bill Clinton that?' she exclaimed. 'Go ahead, ask Hillary as well!'
- The four accusers took prime seats in the audience of the debate
Donald Trump took the gloves off 90 minutes before Sunday night's debate against Hillary Clinton, holding a meeting with four ghosts from Bill Clinton's sexual past – and letting a handful of unsympathetic reporters in to hear them speak. Trump introduced his coalition of the willing – Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathy Shelton and Paula Jones – in St. Louis as a press pool snapped shutters and reporters shouted questions about a new audio recording of Trump saying vulgar things about women 11 years ago.
Broaddrick, an Arkansas nursing home administrator who has accused Bill Clinton of forcibly raping her when he was the state's attorney general, said that 'actions speak louder than words.' 'Mr. Trump may have said some bad words, but Bill Clinton raped me. And Hillary Clinton threatened me. I don't think there's any comparison.
GHOSTS FROM THE CLINTONS' PAST: (L-R) Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, Donald Trump, Kathy Shelton and Paula Jones held a photo-op in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday before the second presidential debate
'BILL CLINTON RAPED ME': Juanita Broaddrick (left) appeared alongside Donald Trump to point an accusatory finger at the former president and blame his wife – Trump's opponent Hillary – for cowing her into silence