Meet Jack Burkman, the man reportedly behind a botched smear attempt against Pete Buttigieg

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A plot reportedly by Burkman and Jacob Wohl to falsely accuse the presidential hopeful of sexual misconduct fell apart when the accuser recanted.
Josh Israel
Apr 30, 2019, 10:14 am

A quickly-recanted sexual assault allegation against a Democratic presidential candidate was reportedly the latest work of two notorious far-right operatives — Jacob Wohl and lobbyist Jack Burkman. For Burkman, this is the latest in a long series of scandals for a man who once served as counsel to a prominent Republican congressman and as a lobbyist for prominent government affairs firms.

On Monday afternoon, a tweet and blog post on Medium written by someone assuming the identity of a 21-year-old gay man began circulating on far-right websites. With no details, the post alleged a February 2019 sexual assault by the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. By Monday evening, the accuser had recanted the claim.

Later on Monday night, the Daily Beast reported that Burkman and Wohl had been behind an effort to get young men to falsely accuse Buttigieg, in hopes of weakening a candidate they saw as a threat to President Donald Trump’s re-election prospects. The news site obtained an audio recording in which the two apparently attempted to enlist a different person to make similar false accusations.

Burkman has experienced a stunning descent into the political gutter. In the 1990s, he served as legislative counsel to Rep. Rick Lazio (R-NY), before joining the Smith-Free Group as a lobbyist. He later joined Holland & Knight, one of the most prominent law and lobbying firms in Washington, D.C., before starting his own firm. His lobbying clients over the years have included the City of St. Louis, Fidelity National Financial, and the Family Research Council. He also appeared as a conservative pundit on Fox News and other networks and served as a Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign surrogate.

https://thinkprogress.org/disgraced-lobbyist-jack-burkman-behind-reported-attempt-to-falsely-smear-pete-buttigieg-d59bd4739b15/

He and his partner really need to be sued for defamation.......................

[Blue Owl]

1. I wonder why Mueller didn't nail Wohl when he smeared his name

I mean, c'mon... He coulda nailed that slimy little twerp's ass to the wall!!!

[Karadeniz]

2. Wohl again? Jeez!

[Danascot]

3. Avenatti had Wohl in his sights in March

Since then he's (Avenatti) had new problems so I don't know if that's still in the works.