Fog Blog Trudeau Groping Issue Log:

ALL ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BUT TRUDEAU SAYS OF ALLEGATIONS OF GROPING BACK IN 2000......IT SHOULDN'T BE INVESTIGATED , IT WAS 18 YEARS AGO!.....Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is no need to conduct an investigation into an allegation that he inappropriately touched a female reporter in British Columbia 18 years ago.“We have, as we always do, taken these issues seriously,” Trudeau said in an exclusive interview with CP24, when asked if the allegation that circulated throughout the national press over the last few weeks should be investigated. “We’ve talked to a broad range of experts on these. I’ve been reflecting very carefully on this and I think we are moving forward in the right way.”On Aug. 4, 2000, a then 28-year-old Trudeau was in Creston Valley, B.C. to participate in a festival when he allegedly had an improper physical interaction with a newspaper reporter who was covering the event.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces questions from reporters following his meeting with Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto on Thursday, July 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

In an editorial written about the encounter in the local Creston Valley Advance, Trudeau reportedly apologized a day after the incident occurred.“I’m sorry. If I had known you were reporting for a national paper, I never would have been so forward,” the editorial said of Trudeau’s apology.