--- title: Ben Carson: 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying description: Former presidential candidate Ben Carson said that "it doesn't matter" if the women accusing Trump's of sexual assault are telling the truth. canonical: https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-14T14:52:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:12:23.904Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ben Carson Says 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying Or Not og:description: Carson also asked that journalist Katty Kay's mic be turned off og:url: https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Carson Says 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying Or Not twitter:description: Carson also asked that journalist Katty Kay's mic be turned off twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ben Carson Says 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying Or Not  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 14, 2016 2:52 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 14, 2016 2:52 PM UTC Former presidential candidate Ben Carson said that “it doesn’t matter” if [the women accusing Trump’s of sexual assault](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/?xid=tcoshare) are telling the truth. “It doesn’t matter whether they’re lying or not,” Carson, a Trump supporter and adviser, said in an appearance on _Morning Joe_ Friday. “What matters is that the train is going off the cliff. We’re taking our eye off of that and we’re getting involved in other issues that should be taken care of later.” > [](https://twitter.com/Morning%5FJoe/status/786918630885732352) In the same interview, Carson snapped at journalist Katty Kay when repeatedly asked if he believed Trump’s accusers are lying. “Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop” Carson repeated as he and Kay talked over each other. “Hey, can you turn her microphone off please?” he asked. “Turn her microphone off so I can talk.” Trump has [categorically denied](http://time.com/4530339/donald-trump-sexual-assault-media-hillary-clinton/?xid=homepage) all sexual assault allegations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Says 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying Or Not","datePublished":"2016-10-14T14:52:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:12:23.904Z","description":"Carson also asked that journalist Katty Kay's mic be turned off","url":"https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4531329/ben-carson-donald-trump-accusers-lying/","name":"Ben Carson Says 'It Doesn't Matter' If Trump Accusers Are Lying Or Not"}}]}] ```