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American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp broke his private silence on the sexual assault allegation he’s facing through lashing out at “faux journalists” pushing the story.
Schlapp prior to now answered to the original Day by day Beast document on the accusation via claiming it was politically prompted. Schlapp is accused of groping a Herschel Walker campaign staffer remaining yr. The anonymous staffer mentioned Schlapp fondled him while he was driving him. He later reportedly despatched textual content messages to others about Schlapp being indignant he didn’t go to his resort room.
The nameless accuser mentioned he refrained from driving Schlapp the following morning and supplied him with the number of a car carrier.
In new personal statements published by the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, Schlapp denied the accusations another time and claimed they are being pushed with the aid of “pretend journalists.”
“Fake journalists [are] pushing this leftist agenda and lying, and I’m a victim of that, proper?” Schlapp mentioned. “This media will take any cost and run with it if they are able to break a Republican or a Trump supporter or conservative. That’s what we’ve got in this united states.”
Schlapp claimed he received’t backtrack from the battle to clear his identify.
“That has to prevent. Individuals like myself, when we get in these situations, we have now to find a way not to back down. And I feel that’s what the folks of CPAC are all going through in their own lives,” he said.
CPAC kicks off Wednesday at Maryland’s Gaylord National Harbor and runs thru March 4.
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