Paul Campaign Attacks GQ Reporter
The Rand Paul campaign is attacking the author of a new profile that discusses some of Paul's college-era antics:
Rand Paul's campaign -- which has refused to deny an account of an alleged collegiate prank -- is attacking the GQ writer who quoted an anonymous former teammate's account.
"We are investigating all our options - including Legal ones," emails Paul aide Jesse Benton. "We will not tolerate drive by Journalism by a writer with a leftist agenda."
The GQ reporter, Jason Zengerle, is a long-time writer for the center-left New Republic. He quotes an anonymous teammate on Baylor's club swim team recalling Paul's role in abducting her and attempting to force her to smoke marijuana.
A Democrat greeted the threat of a lawsuit with glee, in the hopes that it would keep the story alive.
UPDATE: GQ Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson responds:
“We’ve vetted, researched, and exhaustively fact-checked Jason Zengerle’s reporting on Rand Paul’s college days, we stand by the story, and we gave the Paul campaign every opportunity to refute it. We notice that they have not, in fact, refuted it.”
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