An Alabama woman claimed the Washington Post tried to pay her to come forward and make accusations of sexual abuse against Roy Moore.
On 10 November 2017, the disreputable web site GatewayPundit.com reported — without any evidence whatsoever beyond a single anonymous Twitter account — that investigative journalists from the Washington Post had paid a woman to go on the record and accuse Roy Moore, a Republican candidate running to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacant U.S.
On April 1, 2019, Amy Lappos, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said that at a fundraiser in 2009, Biden had “put his hand around [her] neck and pulled [her] in to rub noses with [her].”. In an earlier Facebook post, Lappos said the experience had made her feel “incredibly uncomfortable.”.
In August 2020, readers asked Snopes to examine the accuracy of news articles that claimed that U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had once said she “believed” women who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of offenses ranging from inappropriate touching to rape.
On April 2, 2019, Harris said "I believe them," in reference to four women who had by then accused Biden of inappropriate touching. Harris has not said that she believes all of Biden's accusers, in particular Tara Reade, who, almost one year after Harris' remarks, accused Biden of raping her. When questioned about Reade's allegations, Harris did ...
Biden had been accused by a number of women of inappropriate touching and kissing, including by a Nevada politician who said he came up behind her at a 2014 campaign stop and kissed her on the back of her head .”.
On Aug. 11, 2020, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, selected U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate. Harris, who is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, made history as the first woman of color nominated as vice president on a major party ticket.
He first met Harris in 1994, when she was an assistant district attorney in Alameda County.
Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama , has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least nine women only weeks before to the special election to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Nevada state Senator Ruben Kihuen speaks to the crowd and their voting support of him, Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, and other Democrats at the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters building on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2016. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP) L.E. Baskow / AP
5 after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct were lodged against him .
Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., abruptly resigned from Congress on Dec. 8, after Speaker Paul Ryan confronted him about the allegations and as the House Ethics Committee announced it was investigating potential incidents of sexual misconduct.
Bill Clark / Q Roll Call via AP Images. A former legislative aide to Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, accused him of sexual misconduct and claimed that he fired her after she dismissed his alleged advances.
Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call via AP. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, said on Dec. 14 that he will not seek re-election next year after reports surfaced that he settled a sexual harassment claim made by a former employee in 2014, two sources told NBC News.
Al Franken resigned as a U.S. senator for Minnesota, while Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore continued to campaign — even garnering the support from President Donald Trump, himself the target of at least 16 sexual misconduct allegations. Here’s a list of national political figures who have been accused of sexual harassment, ...
She tweeted the Saturday account from Austin Monahan, the son of Karen Monahan, Ellison's former longtime girlfriend. By Sunday afternoon the post had been shared more than 2,000 times. Hilstrom was later joined by Democratic candidates Matt Pelikan and Tom Foley, who separately called for Ellison to address the allegation.
A version of this story was first published by MPR News. Keith Ellison, a U.S. House member and deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, confronted allegations Sunday of domestic abuse from a former girlfriend.
Kim Ellison, who is Keith Ellison's ex-wife, came to the congressman's defense Sunday in an statement that was emailed to reporters. "We may be divorced, but we are still a family," she wrote. "I want members of our community to know that the behavior described does not match the character of the Keith I know.".
US Rep. Keith Ellison, who is running for Minnesota attorney general, faces new domestic abuse allegations. Sarah Rice/Getty Images. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) was considered the favorite to win a five-way Democratic primary for attorney general in Minnesota on Tuesday; then he was accused of abuse by a former girlfriend — an accusation he ...
At the time, Ellison was married to Kim Ellison, whom he divorced in 2010.
Ellison confirmed he was in a relationship with Monahan in a two-line statement, but he denied ever abusing her — or that a video of such abuse existed. “Karen and I were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016, and I still care deeply for her well-being,” Ellison said in the statement.