the offers come in response to an anonymous trump campaign official wednesday night threatening to sue women who accuse trump of sexual assault. | ap photo by ben schreckinger 10/13/16 11:37 am edt democratic operative david brock and civil rights lawyer gloria allred both say they are prepared to offer assistance to women who are targeted with legal action for accusing donald trump of sexual assault. their offers come in response to an anonymous trump campaign official wednesday night threatening to sue women who accuse trump of sexual assault. <u+201c>nyt editors, reporters, politically motivated accusers better lawyer up," a <u+201c>high-ranking<u+201d> campaign official told cnn in response to an avalanche of revelations and allegations about trump<u+2019>s behavior toward women. story continued below the anonymous threat could be aimed at deterring more women from coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, but both allred and brock indicated their willingness to provide legal support to such women. <u+201c>we would pay for the legal defense of trump accusers,<u+201d> brock, who presides over a constellation of pro-hillary clinton political groups, told politico on thursday. allred, who takes on high-profile gender discrimination and sexual harassment cases, also signaled her openness to aiding trump<u+2019>s accusers. <u+201c>if any women who are making allegations of inappropriate [conduct] contact me, i would be happy to speak to them and then decide if i would be able to represent them,<u+201d> she told politico on thursday. trump campaign representatives kellyanne conway, jason miller and hope hicks did not respond to questions about the campaign<u+2019>s threat of legal action against the women. the threat came during a day in which the new york times, people magazine and the palm beach post each published new allegations from women accusing trump of sexual assault. also on wednesday, buzzfeed reported that trump entered changing rooms while contestants in his teen beauty pageants as young as 15 were getting dressed, and cbs published a 1992 tape in which a 40-something trump jokes about a young girl, <u+201c>i<u+2019>ll be dating her in 10 years.<u+201d> on friday, the washington post published a 2005 video in which trump bragged to television personality billy bush about his ability to get away with sexually assaulting women. in response to hints that tapes of trump speaking into a hot mic during the filming of his reality show, <u+201c>the apprentice,<u+201d> contained more revelations, both brock and allred have pushed for further disclosures. last weekend, brock told politico he would pay for the legal defense of anyone who leaked <u+201c>apprentice<u+201d> tapes, and allred called for them to be released. by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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