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Kellyanne Conway says that she was grabbed and shaken by a woman while out with her teenage daughter in a Maryland restaurant late last year.
In an interview with CNN, the White House counselor to President Donald Trump talked about the alleged assault for the first time publicly. She recounted how the woman, who was later identified by authorities as a 63-year-old Maryland resident, approached her "screaming her head off" at Uncle Julio's, a Mexican restaurant in the DC suburb of Bethesda, as Conway's middle school-aged daughter looked on.
"Somebody was grabbing me from behind, grabbing my arms, and was shaking me to the point where I felt maybe somebody was hugging me," Conway said in the interview for an upcoming story for CNN's series, "Badass Women of Washington."
Conway said she called 911, though the woman had left before local police arrived. After an investigation, Mary Elizabeth Inabinett was charged in November with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. A trial is set for March in Maryland state court.
Inabinett's lawyer, William Alden McDaniel Jr., disputed Conway's story and the assault allegations, and said his client would plead not guilty in court next month.
"Ms. Inabinett saw Kellyanne Conway, a public figure, in a public place, and exercised her First Amendment right to express her personal opinions. She did not assault Ms. Conway. The facts at trial will show this to be true, and show Ms. Conway's account to be false," McDaniel said in a statement.
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MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)shake a baby!
LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)ExciteBike66
(2,358 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)Its a miracle she survived.
Zoonart
(11,869 posts)The whole MF45 gang is a criminal cult of victimhood.
unblock
(52,253 posts)this statement has me baffled.
what kind of hugs is she used to?
how does one not know the difference between getting shaken and getting hugged?
Ms. Toad
(34,076 posts)theboss
(10,491 posts)In the immortal words of Billy Madison, "That's assault, brother."
Ms. Toad
(34,076 posts)But the general principle is correct.
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)NT
Apollyonus
(812 posts)I doubt they would believe everything Kellyanne says because she is such a paragon of virtuous truthfulness.