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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJacob Wohl & fellow fake news creator endeavor to gin up false sex assault claim against Buttigieg
Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claimhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-smear-merchants-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-try-to-slime-pete-buttigieg-with-bogus-sex-assault-claim
A pair of right-wing provocateurs are being accused of attempting to recruit young Republican men to level false allegations of sexual assault against Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
The details of the operatives attempt emerged as one man suddenly surfaced with a vague and uncorroborated allegation that Buttigieg had assaulted him. The claim was retracted hours later on a Facebook page appearing to belong to the man.
A Republican source told The Daily Beast that lobbyist Jack Burkman and internet troll Jacob Wohl approached him last week to try to convince him to falsely accuse Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, of engaging him sexually while he was too drunk to consent.
The source who spoke to The Daily Beast said Burkman and Wohl made clear that their goal was to kneecap Buttigiegs momentum in the 2020 presidential race. The man asked to remain anonymous out of a concern that the resulting publicity might imperil his employment, and because he said Wohl and Burkman have a reputation for vindictiveness.
The details of the operatives attempt emerged as one man suddenly surfaced with a vague and uncorroborated allegation that Buttigieg had assaulted him. The claim was retracted hours later on a Facebook page appearing to belong to the man.
A Republican source told The Daily Beast that lobbyist Jack Burkman and internet troll Jacob Wohl approached him last week to try to convince him to falsely accuse Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, of engaging him sexually while he was too drunk to consent.
The source who spoke to The Daily Beast said Burkman and Wohl made clear that their goal was to kneecap Buttigiegs momentum in the 2020 presidential race. The man asked to remain anonymous out of a concern that the resulting publicity might imperil his employment, and because he said Wohl and Burkman have a reputation for vindictiveness.
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Jacob Wohl & fellow fake news creator endeavor to gin up false sex assault claim against Buttigieg (Original Post)
CousinIT
Apr 2019
OP
When the fuck is enough gonna be enough with this little fucking weasel?! nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Apr 2019
#3
tanyev
(42,618 posts)1. Huh. I wonder if Jacob is friends with Leeann Tweeden.
The Figment
(494 posts)2. Wouldn't this be prosecutable?
This sounds like a case of character assasination,if not downright slander.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. And possibly identity-theft.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)3. When the fuck is enough gonna be enough with this little fucking weasel?! nt