{"id":1197982,"date":"2022-01-07T18:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T23:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1197982"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T23:50:05","slug":"army-investigating-tweet-alleging-inappropriate-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-tweet-alleging-inappropriate-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Investigating Tweet Alleging Inappropriate Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmy-investigating-tweet-alleging-inappropriate-relationship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1197982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Army is investigating a tweet alleging that two soldiers who work at the top levels of the Army\u2019s headquarters at the Pentagon have engaged in an inappropriate relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the tweet and are looking into it,\u201d said Army spokeswoman&nbsp;Cynthia O. Smith in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The tweet alleges that Army Sgt. First Class William Reiner, who is an enlisted public affairs adviser to the top enlisted leader of the Army and Virginia National Guard 1st Lt. Kait Abbott, who is a junior officer serving at the Army\u2019s headquarters on sexual assault policy, engaged in an inappropriate extramarital relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Both are prolific users of social media, often interacting with senior military leaders, with a history of criticizing other soldiers\u2019 behavior on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they are under scrutiny themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A relationship between any military officer and enlisted service member is a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice\u2019s Article 134. It is also not allowed under Army Regulation 600-20.&nbsp;Extramarital relationships are also a violation of the UCMJ.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation arose on Twitter just weeks ago when a fellow enlisted soldier, Army Spc. Sheyla Scholl, posted a screenshot of a text message she purportedly received from Abbott discussing an inappropriate relationship with Reiner.<\/p>\n<p>Scholl tweeted, \u201cI\u2019m many things but one of them is not a liar and I also don\u2019t need an alt because I will one thousand percent call you out with my chest. I am done. My mental health is not your pejorative,\u201d and a screenshot of the text message.<\/p>\n<p>The text message, sent from someone with Abbott\u2019s initials, said, \u201cdude [I don\u2019t know] what to do. when I say borderline inappropriate with Will\u2026it\u2019s not borderline. it\u2019s just inappropriate and I know that. I just..don\u2019t know if I care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholl later responded with, \u201cAlso please tell me that Will isn\u2019t married or anything.\u201d The person purported to be Abbott responded with, \u201cHe is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m many things but one of them is not a liar and I also don\u2019t need an alt because I will one thousand percent call you out with my chest. I am done. My mental health is not your pejorative. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TA9zSnqxWM\">pic.twitter.com\/TA9zSnqxWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Slim Sheyla (@terminalyill3st) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terminalyill3st\/status\/1475888083749019656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IMG_3112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_3112-201x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>An anonymous Twitter user also posted allegations of an appropriate relationship between Abbott and Reiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust tell how you\u2019ve been having an affair with a married NCO from the @16thSMA office ma\u2019am. While your husband is gone,\u201d the anonymous user wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IVAN1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IVAN1-230x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He also alleged that Abbott and an Army lieutenant colonel discussed her \u201c*ss\u201d in direct messages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IVAN2jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IVAN2jpg-204x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A day later he sent another tweet alleging an affair:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IVAN3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IVAN3-281x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The user raised the allegation again in an expletive-laced tweet several weeks later.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IVAN4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IVAN4-214x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The user called it the \u201cWORST-kept secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/IVAN5jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IVAN5jpg-276x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Army officer who wished to speak on background told Breitbart News that \u201cmany Army leaders\u201d have seen the tweets and \u201care concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott, who goes by the Twitter handle @callsignbarbie but used her real name in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/opinion\/ted-cruz-emma-malonelord\/\">Military.com<\/a>, was recruited to work for the Army\u2019s People First Task Force, stood up by the top enlisted leader Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston to improve the Army\u2019s handling of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>She was allegedly recruited to the office after she tweeted about being sexually harassed and assaulted, according to soldiers familiar with her background.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott is outspoken on Twitter on a range of issues, including politics, and has had heated exchanges with other soldiers on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Scholl is one of several who have claimed Abbott has bullied her.<\/p>\n<p>Scholl is a sexual assault survivor who helped to write state legislation to strengthen the military\u2019s response to sexual assault cases. She worked with Minnesota State Rep. Kelly Moller (D) on a law named after her.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the acrimony between Scholl and Abbott \u2014 who were previously friends \u2014 became apparent after Scholl tweeted she was available to speak to soldiers about her sexual assault experience.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott then tweeted that no commanders should take Scholl up on her offer, and called it a \u201cgrift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholl tweeted on December 28 she was still awaiting an apology from Abbott for her tweet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/SHEYLA1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SHEYLA1-228x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbott also suggested that Scholl should \u201ccease and desist\u201d from \u201csubtweeting\u201d her on Twitter, otherwise face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, considering the legal and policy implications at both the Army and the DoD level. But hey, I\u2019m just a popular twitter account,\u201d Abbott wrote to one of Scholl\u2019s associates on November 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/KAIT1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KAIT1-266x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scholl also alleged that Abbott and her associates have bullied her on Twitter for months and have accused her of creating fake accounts to harass them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/SHEYLA2jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394786\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/SHEYLA2jpg-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a surprise twist on Thursday evening, Abbott publicly apologized to Scholl for calling her a grifter. \u201cIf you are one of those people invested in this drama \u2014 please know I no longer am. I wish her nothing but the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same exact time, Scholl tweeted that she wanted to retract her insinuation of Abbott having an affair \u2014 despite the insinuation coming from Abbott herself in a text message. She tweeted, \u201cWe are sick and tired of people wanting women to fail by being more invested in this drama that should\u2019ve ended before it even began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholl is not the only soldier who has claimed Abbott bullied her.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Taylor Anne Kneuven, an enlisted soldier and also a sexual assault survivor, accused Abbott of bullying her and&nbsp;asked for reassurance of the quality of people who served on the People First Task Force.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/TAYLOR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TAYLOR-300x274-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbott also mocked a soldier for his allegedly not wanting to go down on women:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/KAIT3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19394922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KAIT3-274x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reiner, who is a public affairs adviser to Grinston, also is a prolific user of social media and has become known among soldiers for tweeting snarky replies from Grinston\u2019s social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott and Reiner are members of \u201cMilTwitter\u201d \u2014 a subset of the active duty service members and veterans on Twitter who are predominantly leftist and frequently engage with senior military leaders, often on policy that affects the entire force.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott discussed in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/fbomb\/the-power-of-a-ponytail\">article<\/a> how her tweets led to her being asked by an Army general to assemble a proposal on Army grooming standards.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott said, \u201cIt was\u2026surreal, to say the least. At no point in my young Army career did I think I was going to even have the chance to influence policy change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Abbott worked at the Army headquarters, she tweeted support for former President Donald Trump and expressed support for pro-life views. However, in recent months she has changed her tune.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2021\/05\/21\/troops-blast-senator-claiming-us-military-has-been-emasculated.html\">criticized<\/a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and accused him of pushing Russian propaganda, telling Military.com, \u201cI think it\u2019s incredibly disturbing to see a sitting U.S. senator publicly push Russian propaganda, while simultaneously degrading the service of a very real soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCruz\u2019s comments provided a beacon for those who might believe otherwise, and who will continue to push the message and belief that those who do not fit the straight, white male mold are not welcome here,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still seeing pushes for equity and equality for women, and the senator\u2019s comments provided a bed for misogyny to live in and thrive. My frustration lies here: The origin story of any young, white male is called the American Dream. Why does it become \u2018woke\u2019 when that story doesn\u2019t quite fit the narrative?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, she called January 6 an insurrection:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/KAIT2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19394890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KAIT2-300x274-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><br \/><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army is investigating a tweet alleging that two soldiers who work at the top levels of the Army\u2019s headquarters at the Pentagon have engaged in an inappropriate relationship. \u201cWe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}