And after Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, above, called for Mr. Trump to resign, he attacked her as a “lightweight” who “would come to my office ‘begging’ for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them).”

Here in New York, 10 women accused the restaurateur Ken Friedman of sexual harassment. They described the Spotted Pig, his celebrity haunt in the West Village, as a workplace fueled by fear, with a private dining room that became known as “the rape room.”

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