Hillary Clinton aide describes sexual assault by a senator | First Thing
Huma Abedin reveals she was assaulted by an unnamed senator. Plus, a couple have been charged over the remains of a child found in a Houston apartment
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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 says she buried" until allegations against the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh triggered her memory years later.
What happened after? Abedin writes that she stayed friendly with the senator and soon buried the incident", which she wanted to forget, succeeding in erasing it from her mind entirely".
Who was the senator? Abedin does not name the senator or his party or give any other clues as to his identity.
Why is this coming out now? Abedin's memory of her experience on the unnamed senator's couch, she writes, was triggered when she read about Christine Blasey Ford being accused of conveniently' remembering" her alleged assault by Kavanaugh.
What is the background to this? One of the surviving siblings, a 15-year-old, called the sheriff's department on Sunday and told authorities that his nine-year-old brother had died a year ago and the body was in the apartment, according to the law enforcement agency.
How did the other children survive? Their apartment did not have any power and a neighbor had helped the children by charging a cellphone and buying them food, police said. It appeared that the surviving children were fending for each other", with the oldest sibling caring for the younger two.
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