Now Russian Troll/Bots are trying to slander Dem Richard Blumenthal with sexual assault claims...
A woman claiming to be from Connecticut made an explosive allegation of sexual assault against Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Friday. Her account quickly made its way through conservative chat forums, where contributors roundly called for the Senator to address the allegations and be held accountable for them. Blumenthal has long been a target of Trump and Trumps allies.
But it is not entirely clear that the woman making the charge actually exists. In fact, a quick search shows that the account ripped off bio photos of women in Texas and London and misspelled the name of the accusers Connecticut hometown. The account was quickly shut down once the accusation went viral on rightwing media, with the user then emerging to claim shed been hacked.
It began at 5:56 pm, on Thursday, when the initial tweet was posted. In it, Linda Flores said that she had waited almost 40 years to tell my story about how she was an intern at a law office with @SenBlumenthal & was sexually assaulted by richard countless times.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-twitter-account-with-two-fake-ids-accused-a-democrat-of-assault-then-pro-trump-sites-ran-with-it