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In reply to the discussion: About Gillibrand and Franken - a letter, not mine. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,679 posts)Generally speaking, people who are accused of something and who request an investigation of it are pretty sure they'll be exonerated. What if he'd been given the investigation he wanted and it turned out that none of the claims were true? We know LeAnn Tweeden was a pal of Sean Hannity and Roger Stone and she never complained about the alleged harassment until Franken started going after Jeff Sessions, and the other accusers were anonymous and their claims were never tested at all. Even men should be allowed the chance to respond to their accusers. If an investigation had confirmed the claims, fine; but he was railroaded out of the Senate without a fair chance to defend himself. Gillibrand used the incident and the momentum from the MeToo movement to further her own ambitions.