Woman reveals that Al Franken sexually assaulted her while he was in office

[Dick Whitman]

Breaking.

She revealed that the sexual assault occurred in 2010.

Lindsay Menz told CNN that she walked away as soon as the photo was taken, without saying anything to the then-first term senator. When she reconnected with her husband moments later, she told him: "He totally grabbed my butt."

Woman says Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010 - CNNPolitics

 

[LongTimeListener]

Dementia strikes early.

Hooboy. Assuming this is true (which is my strong inclination), he gots to go.

 

[outofplace]

Cue YF telling us we should skip the investigation and kick his ass out now. But heaven forbid we even investigate the accusations against Trump and Moore.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Cue YF telling us we should skip the investigation and kick his ass out now. But heaven forbid we even investigate the accusations against Trump and Moore.

YF?

I think one of Franken's colleagues would be first in line on that.

Even The Wolf likely can't clean up Harvey Weinstein's pending troubles

 

[outofplace]

YF?

I think one of Franken's colleagues would be first in line on that.

Even The Wolf likely can't clean up Harvey Weinstein's pending troubles

YF was making fun of the call for an investigation, saying it wasn't necessary given that there is a photo.

 

[YankeeFan]

Was he in a wheelchair

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Revealed?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Revealed?

You don't believe her?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Do you believe she revealed it?

 

[bigpern23]

Yup, he's out the door.

Here's the key part:

Menz posted the photo with Franken on Facebook at the time, on August 27, 2010. Her sister, Cari Thunker, commented under the photo: "Sorry, but you two aren't Bibles (sic) width apart" -- a reference, Thunker explained to CNN, to how physically close Menz and Franken were in the photo.
Menz responded to her sister on Facebook: "Dude -- Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!" (The exchange is visible to Menz's Facebook friends.)

I like DW's trolling thread title, too. ;) That said, I know he's a stickler for precise language and making sure to use proper legal terminology, so it should be noted that "Minnesota statutes state that 'intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the buttocks' is not considered criminal sexual conduct." Time to change that thread title, Dickie! :D

 

[bigpern23]

Revealed?

Oh, man, you totally walked into that one.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Do you believe she revealed it?

I believe in the SJ.com Stylebook.

If my neighbor says he's got cancer, did he reveal it or allege it?

What reason do we have to doubt Reese Witherspoon?

I've never seen so much discussion of one word.

"Reveal"l doesn't ascertain the truth, or not, of a fact or series of events; it just lets events out into the open, puts them up for discussion, etc., when, it implies, that they weren't before.

Its use is, perhaps, particularly appropriate, even, in the case of a famous and otherwise widely known (or thought to be widely known) star performer.

PS: I don't see how "reveals" is much different than "says."

 

[LongTimeListener]

I'm starting to think @**** Whitman was working with Franken's accuser for the sole purpose of creating this thread with that title. Well-done!

 

[jr/shotglass]

I'll wait and see how this plays out.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'll wait and see how this plays out.

Thanks for the update. We were wondering.

 

[jr/shotglass]

As valid as anything you've said on it, but anyway. Way to get that like in there too, FNF.

 

[MisterCreosote]

You have to hand it to this guy:

Menz told CNN that what happened immediately after she took the photo with Franken that summer day in 2010 has also stayed with her. Standing nearby was another politician -- then-Minnesota Rep. John Kline.

As she was getting ready to take a picture with Kline, Menz said the congressman asked her whether they should "mutually put our arms around each other" -- an interaction that struck her as being in stark contrast with what she had experienced moments ago with Franken.

Reached on the phone on Friday, Kline, a Republican who retired from Congress this year, confirmed that he attended the Minnesota State Fair in 2010, as he did most years. Kline could not remember seeing the interaction between Menz and Franken. But when CNN described Menz's recollection of her interaction with Kline before they took a photo together, he told CNN: "As a matter of practice, I did that all the time."

Woman says Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010 - CNNPolitics

 

[Dick Whitman]

This is the kind of bull**** Breitbart does.

Second woman accuses Franken of sexual misconduct

"Are US senators going to call for a vote to remove Al Franken from the US Senate?" tweeted Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager to President Donald Trump who last year faced charges of misdemeanor battery against journalist Michelle Fields.

 

[Vombatus]

Yup, he's out the door.

Here's the key part:


I like DW's trolling thread title, too. ;) That said, I know he's a stickler for precise language and making sure to use proper legal terminology, so it should be noted that "Minnesota statutes state that 'intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the buttocks' is not considered criminal sexual conduct." Time to change that thread title, Dickie! :D

It sure as hell doesn't qualify as a reacharound.

 

[hondo]

Cue YF telling us we should skip the investigation and kick his ass out now. But heaven forbid we even investigate the accusations against Trump and Moore.

Are you trying to say they're not investigating Moore? He's going to lose the race because the Post and other are investigating him. Trump, well, he's been investigated but to no consequences, so I got nothing there.