Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin describes sexual assault by US senator
Revelation of incident buried' by Abedin contained in new memoir Both/And, to be published next week
Huma Abedin, a longtime close aide to Hillary Clinton, has written in a new book that she was sexually assaulted by a US senator, an incident she buried" until allegations against the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh triggered her memory years later.
Abedin makes the shocking claim in a memoir, Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds, which will be published next week. The Guardian obtained a copy. Abedin does not name the senator or his party or give any other clues as to his identity.
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