What does sex abuse furor mean for Trump, former SC congressman asks

Lately, more and more high-profile men are being felled by accusations of sexual harassment or assault. Even accusations from years ago have damaged reputations and ended careers.

So what about President Donald Trump?

That’s what former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis, R-S.C., asked on Twitter Wednesday, after sexual abuse allegations led to another high-profile resignation.

“Consequences are being visited on lots of famous folk for sexual assaults. What of President Trump? Any consequences for him?” Inglis wrote.

Last year, before the 2016 presidential election, more than a dozen women accused Trump of unwanted sexual advances. Trump maintained — before and after the election — the women are lying and their claims are “100 percent false.”

But after reports that movie producer Harvey Weinstein engaged in sexually predatory behavior toward young women in the film industry for years, the Hollywood mogul was fired from the company that bears his name and even lost his wife and children.

Weinstein’s downfall has been followed by other accusations against prominent and powerful men – and equally swift consequences. When actor Kevin Spacey was accused of an aggressive advance on a then-underage boy decades ago, Netflix stopped production on Spacey’s “House of Cards” series.

On Wednesday, the head of National Public Radio’s news division resigned after several women accused him of sexual harrassment in separate incidents.

So far, Trump has avoided consequences for the accusations against him.

After the allegations were publicized last year – and a 2005 tape came out in which Trump bragged about “grabbing” women – Trump was elected president. In October, Trump reiterated the accusations against him were “fake news.”

This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 2:53 PM with the headline "What does sex abuse furor mean for Trump, former SC congressman asks."