Schumer calls cops after forged sex scandal charge

[dlwickham]

Source: Axios

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he was the victim of a fake news hit on Tuesday, and has turned over to Capitol Police a document that purports to detail lurid sexual harassment accusations by a former staffer.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/schumer-calls-cops-after-forged-sex-scandal-charge-2517019807.html

[still_one]

1. What? You mean people would actually lie for political purposes?

[LisaL]

3. Say it ain't so.

And here I thought all accusations must be believed.

[still_one]

4. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[dlwickham]

7. go read the article

please

[LisaL]

14. I guess I should have included

this smilie:

[Pachamama]

2. But....how do we know its fake or anything is real or not - without investigations & due process?

What is real and isn't real and how is it exactly determined? By someone who is accused denying it? The number of allegations?

Think about it all...

[LisaL]

5. Who the hell knows anymore.

[Pachamama]

9. Like asking a Magic 8 Ball....

....its that accurate of a way to determine anything...

In my opinion - one allegation is enough to look into something....and with proper investigation and due process and opportunity for facts to come out. Doesn't matter who it is. Sexual harassment and assault is wrong. So it needs to be taken seriously. But properly and fairly for all.

[dlwickham]

12. the former staffer said that the report is fake

[CentralMass]

6. He set the standard. Where is his resignation ?

[dlwickham]

8. once again go read the article

[dflprincess]

15. She was probably threatened after making the accusastion

and that's why she's now denying it.

Schumer has been accused of w̶i̶t̶c̶h̶c̶r̶a̶f̶t̶ sexual harrassment, he must resign for the good of the party.

[dlwickham]

16. bless your heart

[Chasstev365]

10. Yeah? So was So Franken! How does it feel Chuck?

[dlwickham]

11. the former staffer said that the report is fake

nice try though

[sarcasmo]

13. Roger Stone again?

[Blue_Tires]

23. either him or that asshole Cernovich

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EDIT:

Link to tweet

[Amaryllis]

17. "This was an apparent effort to dupe reporters and smear a senator..."

From article:
"This was an apparent effort to dupe reporters and smear a senator — both symptoms of an amped-up news environment where harassment charges are proliferating and reporters have become targets for fraud. "
Who could have possibly predicted this?

[Kingofalldems]

18. I wonder if Project Veritas has been questioned.

[RealityChik]

19. When the shoe is on the other foot...

More fake than Franken's anonymous accusers?

[marble falls]

20. Smells like project veritas and James O'Keefe.

[riversedge]

21. Whow. Whoever did this brought in the name of a real former staffer who said it is false.

Cruel on so many fronts.



https://www.axios.com/schumer-calls-cops-after-forged-sex-scandal-charge-2517019807.html

.............The backstory:

A password-protected PDF of the 13-page document was shopped to Axios and other outlets. The document, which is dated 2012 and has the file name "Schumer_Complaint," looks like a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

One of many red flags: No lawyer for the staffer is named.

The woman named in the document was a legislative staffer for Schumer from 2009 to 2012, and is now a career employee of the federal government.

The former staffer said she took the matter to Washington, D.C. police on Tuesday. She said the police told her they were unsure of their jurisdiction in the case. She said she now plans to go to Capitol Police.

She told me in a statement: "The claims in this document are completely false, my signature is forged, and even basic facts about me are wrong. I have contacted law enforcement to determine who is responsible. I parted with Senator Schumer's office on good terms and have nothing but the fondest memories of my time there."


Axios agreed to her stipulation that she not be named, because she said she is the victim of a crime.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Hope for solid justice and hope the perp is high up the food chain

Though with so many errors it's someone who is challenged to fab convincingly

[Calista241]

24. I wonder if this was done on purpose.

because:

1. he's now basically immune from these accusations.

2. now the fact that these can be faked is public. Every time this happens, a politician is going to point at Schumer and wonder if the same thing isn't happening to him.