CNN and NBC News report that Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, has been accused of fondling a male campaign staffer for Republican Senate Candidate Herschel Walker who was tasked with driving Schlapp to a hotel on Oct. 19, 2022:CNN obtains new texts after a GOP strategist alleges powerful conservative Matt Schlapp sexually assaulted him. CNN’s @jamiegangel reports pic.twitter.com/TUdrfe0KuB
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 11, 2023
He reached in between my legs and fondled me. To my shame, I didn’t say anything… From Manuel’s Tavern to the Hilton Garden Inn there at the Atlanta airport, he literally had his hands on me. Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length. To my shame, I did not say “no” or “stop.” God knows it was not a wanted advance.
A senior official on the Walker campaign confirmed the male campaign staffer shared the allegation at the time:
I was made aware of the incident the morning after… The whole thing makes me physically ill.
NBC News reports Schlapp did not respond to the allegations:
Schlapp did not respond to text messages seeking comment, including one detailing each point of his accuser’s story. His lawyer, Charlie Spies, did not immediately return a call from NBC News seeking comment on the allegations. But Spies did tell The Daily Beast, which first reported on the staffer’s story, that Schlapp had denied them.
(Sources: NBC News, The Daily Beast, CNN/Twitter, Image: MSNBC/YouTube)