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Corey Stewart campaign attacks media, refuses to address staffer's possible ties to Jason Kessler ch
Corey Stewart campaign attacks media, refuses to address staffer’s possible ties to Jason Kessler chat group
By GRAHAM MOOMAW Richmond Times-Dispatch 18 hrs ago
The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart attacked the media Thursday after refusing to answer reporters’ questions about a Stewart aide’s possible involvement in an online chat group with white nationalist Jason Kessler.
The Stewart campaign’s media criticism came in a news release concerning an allegation that a New York Times reporter entered the home of Stewart staffer Brian M.H. Landrum, a former aide to Stewart’s 2017 gubernatorial campaign who now works in Stewart’s Prince William County office.
A Facebook account with the name Brian M.H. Landrum was one of fewer than two dozen listed in a private discussion group where Kessler and other alt-right activists discussed plans for a second rally in Charlottesville, according to chat records that have surfaced in litigation between Kessler and the city.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch obtained the logs, portions of which have been published on the left-leaning websites Unicorn Riot and ThinkProgress, through a records request made to Charlottesville’s attorneys. ... The chat logs, which run from May 6 to June 20 of this year, do not show Landrum taking part in planning or discussing the rally or expressing agreement with Kessler’s beliefs.
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gmoomaw@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6839
Twitter: @gmoomaw
Staff writer Patrick Wilson contributed to this report.
By GRAHAM MOOMAW Richmond Times-Dispatch 18 hrs ago
The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Corey Stewart attacked the media Thursday after refusing to answer reporters’ questions about a Stewart aide’s possible involvement in an online chat group with white nationalist Jason Kessler.
The Stewart campaign’s media criticism came in a news release concerning an allegation that a New York Times reporter entered the home of Stewart staffer Brian M.H. Landrum, a former aide to Stewart’s 2017 gubernatorial campaign who now works in Stewart’s Prince William County office.
A Facebook account with the name Brian M.H. Landrum was one of fewer than two dozen listed in a private discussion group where Kessler and other alt-right activists discussed plans for a second rally in Charlottesville, according to chat records that have surfaced in litigation between Kessler and the city.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch obtained the logs, portions of which have been published on the left-leaning websites Unicorn Riot and ThinkProgress, through a records request made to Charlottesville’s attorneys. ... The chat logs, which run from May 6 to June 20 of this year, do not show Landrum taking part in planning or discussing the rally or expressing agreement with Kessler’s beliefs.
....
gmoomaw@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6839
Twitter: @gmoomaw
Staff writer Patrick Wilson contributed to this report.