Lawyer attacks allegations against Indiana attorney general

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Rick Callahan, Associated Press
Updated 5:55 pm CDT, Wednesday, July 18, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said Wednesday that calls for the Republican's resignation over allegations that he drunkenly groped a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers are "pure hysteria" based on a flawed initial investigation.

Attorney Kevin Betz said "false and malicious" information about Hill was in a confidential memo prepared for legislative leaders about a party held at an Indianapolis bar. The memo was leaked to the media, and three of the women later publicly confirmed that they reported being inappropriately touched by Hill during the March 15 party, which was held to celebrate the end of the legislative session.

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"If they want to be purely hysterical, they're welcome to do that, but based on flawed, false information that disregards the truth. And the truth I'm talking about is by the admission of the women who have come forward," Betz said during a news conference.

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Hill, who is married, is a staunch social conservative who had been viewed as a rising star in the Republican Party since his election in 2016. Hill has vehemently denied the women's allegations, rebuffed calls to resign and questioned the integrity of the investigations.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Lawyer-attacks-allegations-against-Indiana-13085026.php

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[C_U_L8R]

1. hysteria - revealing and poor word choice

[Scruffy1]

2. Really.

It sounds as if he's lawyer is as tone deaf as the creep he is defending. I usually cut defense attonrys a lot of slack because it their jonb to zealously defend their client. I think in this case he has no defense, so he's going for the old boy network to save his clients ass.

[Faux pas]

3. Hey the predator in chief

got away with it, why can't he?