<p>MSNBC host Joe Scarborough expressed wariness on Thursday morning about the timing and source of the <a type="internal">recent slew of sexual assault allegations</a> against Donald Trump.</p> 
<p>The &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; host speculated that allegations by multiple women in publications such as People magazine, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, and the Palm Beach Post may have been coordinated by Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign.</p> 
<p>He argued that sexual assault victims would have had months to come forward with allegations, and cited Trump&#8217;s inflammatory comments about Fox News host Megyn Kelly as a potential &#8220;triggering event.&#8221;</p> 
<q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC" type="external">@JoeNBC</a> on new accusations against Trump: I&#8217;m sceptical about the *timing*&#8230; Talk about an October surprise. <a href="https://t.co/lQ2gP5QD99" type="external">https://t.co/lQ2gP5QD99</a> &#8212; Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) <a href="https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/786526180564316160" type="external">October 13, 2016</a></p> </q> 
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m talking about the timing of all of this dropping, talk about an October surprise,&#8221; Scarborough said. &#8220;There have been 1,000 triggering events that would have made sense. If I had been sexually harassed by this man, the Megyn Kelly story would have given me and opportunity.&#8221;</p> 
<p>He added: &#8220;There have been 1,000 reports of this already. I&#8217;m just asking why all the sudden this stuff is dropping in October. Perhaps it&#8217;s all innocent. Perhaps there&#8217;s no oppo drop. Perhaps it&#8217;s not coordinated.&#8221;</p> 
<p>The allegations come after <a type="internal">a 2005 video was released on Friday</a> showing the Republican presidential nominee boasting about kissing and forcing himself on women without their permission.</p> 
<p>During the second presidential debate, Trump denied that he ever sexually assaulted women.</p> 
<p>The Trump campaign is already pushing back against the allegations.</p> 
<p>Trump&#8217;s attorneys sent a letter to the New York Times early Thursday morning denying the allegations and <a type="internal">threatening to sue the paper for defamation</a> if the paper didn&#8217;t issue a retraction.</p> 
<p>The real-estate magnate also took to Twitter to defend himself.</p> 
<q> <p>The phoney story in the failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes" type="external">@nytimes</a> is a TOTAL FABRICATION. Written by same people as last discredited story on woman. WATCH! &#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/786551712228208640" type="external">October 13, 2016</a></p> </q> 
<q> <p>Why didn&#8217;t the writer of the twelve year old article in People Magazine mention the &#8220;incident&#8221; in her story. Because it did not happen! &#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/786554517680693248" type="external">October 13, 2016</a></p> </q> NOW WATCH: Briefing videos 
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I'm talking about the timing': Joe Scarborough suggests assault allegations against Trump were coordinated