this story is beyond sketchy, and rather than reinforce the claims against him it's reinforcing the claims of a conspiracy to take him down - as well as the seriousness of the intent behind it.

this could be a rogue journalist at the huffington post looking to make some quick cash, but i think the more obvious reading is that whomever wants him gone is really not likely to take no for an answer, unfortunately. look at the lengths they're going to. they want him out. they're going to make things up until he's gone.

to begin with, it is a fundamental principle of justice that we be allowed to face our accusers. anonymous sources are perhaps useful to kickstart investigations, but they cannot be the investigations themselves. we cannot lower our legal standards to the point where we're willing to take anonymous accusations like this on face value.

but, what's most obvious about this story, to me, is the lengths that the reporter goes to try and make the story seem more credible. supposedly, this anonymous accuser told the very same reporter that this incident happened years ago, but nobody addressed it. suuuuuuuuure.

with all of the fake media stories around russiagate, it should be a red flag that this one follows the same formula.

but, al appears to have stepped on the wrong toes, here. and, at this point, it's becoming clear that he's just prolonging the inevitable.

the good guys usually lose, actually.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/al-franken-two-more-women-groping_us_5a15a455e4b09650540ec295

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.