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Washington: Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened to bring Gennifer Flowers, who once had an affair with former president Bill Clinton, to this week's first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.
Trump made the threat after fellow businessman Mark Cuban, a vocal Trump opponent and Clinton supporter, said he would be in the front row for the debate.
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Trump soon took the bait, tweeting a response that he was up to the challenge:
Flowers revealed an affair with Bill Clinton during his 1992 presidential campaign. He initially denied the relationship, but later admitted the sexual relationship under oath.
What seemed initially like Trump bluster soon took on a more serious tone when Flowers responded on her own Twitter account.
Shortly after, Buzzfeed confirmed that she had accepted the invitation - however, several hours later, the Trump campaign still had yet to respond with a confirmation that Trump actually planned to bring Flowers to the debate.
Flowers said during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign that the two of them had engaged in a lengthy affair over a dozen years. The allegation, which Clinton denied at the time, threatened to ruin his campaign.
In 1998, Bill Clinton acknowledged under oath having a sexual encounter with Flowers, though he disputed details of her account.
Clinton and Trump are to face off in the first of three televised presidential debates on Monday evening (Tuesday morning AEST).
DPA and The Washington Post