- Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: Matt Gaetz Dropped AG Bid After CNN Inquiry About NEW Allegation Involving Threesome with 17-Year-Old
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced Thursday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration as Attorney General — shocking news that came shortly after CNN contacted him for comment about a new allegation regarding a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl.
- Sharon LaFraniere @ The New York Times: Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth
A police report released Wednesday night provided graphic details about a sexual assault accusation against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary. The report also documents Mr. Hegseth’s vehement denials that he coerced the complainant into a sexual encounter at a Monterey, Calif., political conference seven years ago.
- Erin Mansfield @ USA Today: Former babysitter to RFK Jr.'s kids speaks about sexual assault allegation
The only person Eliza Cooney told what happened was her mom. Then Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran for president. Cooney knew then she had to speak. So, this summer, she went public with her story. About how Kennedy, a man closer to her father’s age really, groped her when she worked as a live-in nanny for his family. She was 23 years old.
- Julie Roys @ The Roys Report: Former Daystar Executive & Wife Accuse Joni Lamb of Covering Up Daughter’s Sexual Abuse
On a hot August day in Florida in 2021, then-Daystar TV executive Jonathan Lamb was summoned by his frightened wife, Suzy. “Pete,” one of their male relatives, had followed their 5-year-old daughter upstairs as the girl was going to change to go swimming.
- William Vaillancourt @ The Daily Beast: Nancy Mace’s Anti-Trans Quest Hits New Low
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace insisted on calling transgender congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride a “man” during a contentious interview Wednesday, and even said that anyone who cross-dresses has a “mental illness.”
- The Throckmorton Initiative: Bonhoeffer Movie Opens Amid Controversy Over Role of Eric Metaxas
Angel Studios’ movie Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin opens tomorrow in theatres amid questions about fidelity to history and relationship to MAGA author Eric Metaxas. In the run up to the release, Bonhoeffer experts and Bonhoeffer’s family criticized depictions of Bonhoeffer generated by the movie and Metaxas’ 2010 book about the German theologian.
