Charlottesville report: Police hindered probe
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An independent report that found serious police and government failures in responding to violence at a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August also accuses police agencies of putting up roadblocks to the investigation.
The report released Friday by former U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy said Virginia State Police refused to make commanders who were on the ground at the Aug. 12 rally available for interviews, or to provide most documents requested.
The report also said Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas deleted relevant text messages and made officers fearful of retaliation for speaking with investigators. Thomas’ attorney denied texts were deleted. will not seek re-election to a 19th term in 2018.
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In a statement, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she found the young woman’s documented account, reported by BuzzFeed News, to be convincing. The woman, identified only as Samantha, said Kihuen propositioned her for dates and sex despite her repeated rejections. On two occasions, she said, he touched her thighs without consent.
Kihuen, 37, said in a statement that he did not remember the incidents with the aide, who worked as his campaign-finance director. “I sincerely apologize for anything that I may have said or done that made her feel uncomfortable,” he said. part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.
Air Force Reserve Maj. Bradley Podliska also alleged that the committee’s leadership discriminated against him. He contends that they were unhappy he had to leave work to perform military service during the panel’s inquiry into the deadly 2012 attacks at U.S. facilities in Libya.
The House Administration Committee made the dollar amount public Friday, although it did not name Podliska, the Benghazi panel or its chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.