{"id":1576635,"date":"2022-07-28T12:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T16:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576635"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T16:15:37","slug":"fbi-investigating-origins-of-justin-fairfax-sexual-assault-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-origins-of-justin-fairfax-sexual-assault-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Investigating Origins Of Justin Fairfax Sexual Assault Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ffbi-investigating-origins-of-justin-fairfax-sexual-assault-allegations%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=1576635&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>FBI agents are looking into how the sexual assault allegations against then-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-VA) surfaced in 2019, including a possible political motivation behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/07\/25\/fbi-investigation-virginia-justin-fairfax\/\">told<\/a> The Intercept the in early June, the FBI interviewed him for three hours without an attorney. He and four anonymous sources connected to the investigation told the outlet that the FBI is trying to determine if money or some other benefit was offered to either of the two women who made the allegations against the former lieutenant governor. The FBI is also looking into inconsistencies in the women\u2019s accounts, and what, if any, role Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Levar Stoney\u2019s political network played in bringing the allegations to light.<\/p>\n<p>Stoney is a political rival of Fairfax, and was apparently considering a run for governor and saw the lieutenant governor as his biggest threat, since Virginia limits governors to a four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Stoney told the Intercept that the Mayor didn\u2019t know about the allegations until they became public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Stoney had never heard of the sexual assault allegations against Justin Fairfax until the story broke in the news in February 2019,\u201d spokesperson Kevin Zeithaml said. \u201cAs the mayor has said repeatedly, there is absolutely no truth whatsoever to this ridiculous accusation against him,\u201d he added, referring to the allegations that Stoney helped orchestrate the accusations against Fairfax.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Fairfax came after it was revealed that then-Virginia Governor Ralph Northam had worn blackface while in medical school, and national Democrats were calling for him to resign. The reason Stoney\u2019s name has come up in the investigation is that Adria Scharf, the wife of Stoney top advisor Thad Williamson, reached out to Vanessa Tyson on Facebook after the revelations about Northam, writing \u201cnortham may be forced to resign tomorrow. Thad and I think your story should get to the local press TODAY, rather than later. Do you want me to share screen shot and your contact info (tell me what to share) with a few local respected journalists.\u2026or alternatively give you their info? Hugs. You are pure truth love and courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyson responded by saying Scharf could \u201cshare the screenshot with whomever,\u201d referring to a Facebook post from Tyson claiming Fairfax had sexually assaulted her<\/p>\n<p>at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, when the former lieutenant governor was a campaign staffer. Fairfax <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/43002\/va-lt-governor-issues-statement-concerning-sexual-amanda-prestigiacomo\">denied the accusation<\/a>, pointing out that The Washington Post was made aware of the accusation around the time Fairfax was inaugurated around the same time, but the outlet investigated the claim and declined to run it.<\/p>\n<p>A second woman, Meredith Watson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-second-woman-accuses-virginia-democrat-ryan-saavedra\">came forward<\/a> shortly after Tyson to accuse Fairfax of raping her in college while they were Duke University undergraduates, another claim he has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax sued CBS News for defamation over its interviews with the women, but the case was dismissed. In that lawsuit, Fairfax accused political rivals of pushing the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Now the FBI appears to be investigating Fairfax\u2019s accusations in his lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI investigation into the origins of the allegations against Fairfax is interesting considering the FBI didn\u2019t conduct a similar investigation into the dubious allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though there was similarly a political motive behind those accusations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI agents are looking into how the sexual assault allegations against then-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D-VA) surfaced in 2019, including a possible political motivation behind them. Fairfax told The Intercept the in early June, the FBI interviewed him for three hours without an attorney. 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