MN-AG: Ellison issues statement denying abuse allegations

[RandySF]

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[ananda]

1. I believe him.

He's probably being Al Franken'ed.

[Matthew28]

6. This is how I feel too

This shit is getting out of hand and needs to stop.

Take it to the police and show your evidence....

This is being used as a political weapon to destroy democrats.

[LisaL]

7. In this case the son of the woman claims there is evidence in form of a tape and text messages.

Should be easy enough to produce those if true.

[Blue_true]

9. Exactly. Produce them if they exist.

Ellison needed to say something and he did.

[LisaL]

2. Should be easy to resolve.

If the video exists, make it public.

[RandySF]

3. Either the accuser has serious issues

Or Ellison is making one hell of a Hail Mary pass.

[oasis]

4. I'm satisfied with Ellison's statement. Can't say I was ever a

big fan of his, but I never doubted his dedication to Democratic Party ideals.

[JI7]

12. that's how i feel. i have some issues with him but i don't believe this

[Mike Rows His Boat]

5. "When did you stop beating your wife?"

[dsc]

8. this is a no nonsense denial

and if there isn't a video he should be good.

[Blue_true]

10. I agree. If there is video, I hope it gets released pronto.

If there is convincing video, he is done politically. I would not be surprised if republicans are offering lots of money for any video, that is how they roll.

[JI7]

11. i believe him also

and since they are claiming there is video they should release it.

im guessing if there was they would have released it already.

[octoberlib]

13. There's this from Minnesota Public Radio

More than 100 text and Twitter messages between Ellison and Karen Monahan, shared by Karen Monahan and reviewed by MPR News, show the two communicating after their breakup for months, coordinating her getting her things from his house.

The tenor of the conversation at times was friendly, with the two acknowledging concern and care for one another, and at other times more combative over the terms of their break-up and the emotional pain Monahan said he caused her.

In one exchange, Monahan tells Ellison she plans to write about their "journey" in a chapter in her book and Ellison warns her not to. "Horrible attack on my privacy, unreal," he wrote in one message. There is no evidence in the messages reviewed by MPR News of the alleged physical abuse.

In a statement to MPR News, Karen Monahan said Ellison met with her the night before he filed to run for attorney general, worried she would talk about their relationship. Monahan didn't make any promises, she said.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/08/12/abuse-allegation-made-against-keith-ellison-denies-attorney-general-election