Live updates: Platner assessing ‘path’ as new assault allegations surface; Trump explains call to FIFA over Balogun red card

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday denied new sexual assault allegations while saying his Democratic campaign was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.” “I wanted to directly address the troubling, serious and false allegations against me. Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically false,” Platner said in the two-minute video posted online. President Trump’s inquiry…