Rachel Crooks said President Donald Trump kissed her without her consent when she was a receptionist at a real estate firm inside Trump Tower in Manhattan. | Chris Kleponis/Pool/Getty Images Trump calls woman's account of sexual misconduct 'another false accusation'

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to deny accusations of sexual harassment from one of the 19 women who have accused him of misconduct.

The woman accusing Trump, Rachel Crooks, was featured in a Washington Post story this week.


“A woman I don’t know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake News Washington Post saying I kissed her (for two minutes yet) in the lobby of Trump Tower 12 years ago,” the president tweeted. “Never happened! Who would do this in a public space with live security cameras running. Another False Accusation.”

Several reporters pointed out on Twitter that the president mentioned the lobby of his building, even though Crooks said it happened outside of an elevator bank on the 24th floor.

Crooks previously announced she is running for a seat in the Ohio state Legislature.

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This isn't the first time Crooks discussed the episode, which allegedly took place in 2006. Crooks, who was 22 at the time, said Trump kissed her without her consent when she was a receptionist at a real estate firm inside Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Citing a Fox News report from December, Trump questioned in a subsequent Twitter post why The Post wasn’t more focused on past false accusations.

“... Why doesn’t @washingtonpost report the story of the women taking money to make up stories about me? One had her home mortgage paid off. Only @FoxNews so reported ... doesn’t fit the Mainstream Media narrative.”

....cameras running. Another False Accusation. Why doesn’t @washingtonpost report the story of the women taking money to make up stories about me? One had her home mortgage paid off. Only @FoxNews so reported...doesn’t fit the Mainstream Media narrative. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018

What he appears to be referring to is a story from The Hill that reports that a women’s rights lawyer, Lisa Bloom, allegedly sought compensation for women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct.

Crooks addressed Trump's comment via her campaign Twitter account on Tuesday.

"Please, by all means, share the footage from the hallway outside the 24th floor residential elevator bank on the morning of January 11, 2006," she tweeted. "Let’s clear this up for everyone. It’s liars like you in politics that have prompted me to run for office myself."

Trump faced a backlash after he appeared to sympathize with former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who was accused of physically abusing his ex-wives. Trump told reporters on Feb. 9 that the allegations were "very sad" but noted that Porter said he was innocent. His comments continued onto Twitter the next day, claiming Porter's life was being "destroyed."

"Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation," the president tweeted. "Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused — life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?"

The president's comments and alleged actions toward women have gotten him into trouble in the media since 2016, notably after the release of the transcript of an "Access Hollywood" tape in which Trump bragged about grabbing women by the genitals.

CORRECTION: This version has updated the date when Donald Trump allegedly forcibly kissed Rachel Crooks. The previous version used a date from a New York Times story.