Republicans are really desperate to discredit Special Counsel, Bob Mueller. How desperate? The latest stunt appears to be an effort to capitalize on the MeToo movement of holding powerful men who are accused of sexual harassment accountable and bringing them to justice years, or even decades, later.
But in this case the story appears to be completely false.
The Atlantic is reporting that the alleged scheme involving women lying about sexual assault and harassment allegations against Special Counsel, Bob Mueller has already been sent over to the FBI for investigation. Peter Carr, the spokesman for the Special Counsel's office said:
“When we learned last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims about the Special Counsel, we immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation.”
The scheme was brought to the attention of Mueller's office by a woman who said that she had been offered money to make fabricate sexual harassment claims against Mueller. In addition to the woman's claims, numerous journalists also reached out to the stating that the woman had contacted them, claiming that she had been offered $20,000 by a person claiming to work for a GOP operative named Jack Burkman and that she was supposed to "make accusations of sexual misconduct and workplace harassment against Robert Mueller."
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