Former campaign member Donald Trump claims to have kissed without consent in 2016

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A former staff member of Donald Trump's presidential campaign said that he had kissed her without her consent at a rally in Florida in August 2016, the Washington Post reported Monday.

"I immediately felt violated because I did not expect or want to," said employee Alva Johnson in the mail. "I can still see his lips coming straight to my face."

The allegation is described in a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Florida, in which Johnson claims unspecified damages for emotional pain and suffering, according to the Post.

Trump grabbed Johnson's hand and tried to kiss him on the lips as he was coming out of a camper outside the Tampa rally on August 24, 2016, she said. alleged in the lawsuit and informed the Post during a series of interviews.

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Johnson told the post that she was turning her head to avoid the unwanted kiss, which was landing on the side of her mouth and was feeling "super scary and inappropriate".

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed Johnson's accusation as "absurd".

"This has never happened and is directly contradicted by several highly credible eyewitness accounts," Sanders said in a statement.

At least 21 other women accused Trump of various cases of sexual misconduct between the early 1980s and the mid-2000s. He vehemently denied the allegations.

In the lawsuit, Johnson, who is black, also alleges that Trump's campaign discriminated against her by paying her less than her white colleagues. The Trump campaign has denied the prosecution.

This is a story in development. Come back for updates.

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