Vox Sentences - Chaos in Kyrgyzstan

At least 26 women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct; confusion reigns in Kyrgyzstan after contested elections.

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Tonight's Sentences was written by Benjamin Rosenberg.

• It may not be dominating the airwaves and front pages currently, but more than 20 women have accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault or misconduct. Former model Amy Dorris was the latest, saying Trump assaulted her at the 1997 US Open tennis tournament in New York. [USA Today / Alia E. Dastagir]
• Last month, Dorris gave an exclusive interview with the Guardian in which she alleged that Trump groped her in an incident that left her feeling "sick" and "violated." Dorris was 24 at the time; Trump was 51. [Guardian / Lucy Osborne]
• Trump, as with the other allegations, denied Dorris's account. Jenna Ellis, legal adviser to his campaign, said in a statement that Trump and his team would consider all legal means to hold the Guardian accountable for “its malicious publication of this unsubstantiated story.” [CBS News / Li Cohen]
• But Dorris was at least the 26th woman to make such an accusation against the president. Several of them were models or pageant contestants — Trump bought Miss Universe in 1996 and established Trump Model Management in 1999. [Guardian / Lucy Osborne]
• The allegations date back to the 1970s. Natasha Stoynoff, a magazine writer, came forward shortly before the 2016 election about an alleged incident that took place in 2005 while she was interviewing Trump and his wife Melania in Florida. [NYT / Liam Stack]
• Another magazine writer, E. Jean Carroll, accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Carroll has filed a lawsuit against Trump and is pursuing his DNA sample to prove her case. In August, the New York state Supreme Court denied Trump’s effort to delay the proceedings. [CNN / Erica Orden]
• Trump has tried to replace his private lawyers with the US Department of Justice to defend him in Carroll’s lawsuit. In September, Attorney General Bill Barr argued that the president was acting as the leader of the government when he denied Carroll’s accusations. [NYT / Alan Feuer and Benjamin Weiser]
• The allegations do not seem to have had much impact on the election thus far, nor has an allegation of sexual assault against Democratic nominee Joe Biden by a former Senate staffer of his, Tara Reade. Biden denied Reade’s claims, which stem from an alleged incident in 1993, and top Democrats have stood by their support for him. [Vox / Anna North]