CNN Airs 2010 Footage Of Franken Mentioning Name Of Accuser

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. questions Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, during the committee's confirmation ... Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. questions Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Sessions. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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Following an allegation of sexual misconduct against Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) Thursday, CNN aired 2010 footage of Franken mentioning the woman who made the accusation against him.

Los Angeles news anchor Leeann Tweeden said Thursday that Franken forcibly kissed  her in 2006 while rehearsing for a skit to be performed in front of troops stationed in the Middle East. Tweeden also said she discovered via a photo that Franken groped her while she was asleep on a military plane.

In two separate statements Thursday, Franken apologized to Tweeden but noted that he did not remember the rehearsal for the skit “in the same way,” and “as Leeanne does.”

In 2010 footage from the Senate floor aired by CNN Thursday, Franken recalled his “beautiful” co-host, referring to Tweeden:

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  1. Avatar for sandi sandi says:

    Unlike Jeff Sessions, Frankin never claimed he didn’t remember their meeting.

  2. No, and unlike Roy Moore and Donnie Dumbfuck, he apologized and is otherwise a champion for women.

  3. Oh my God, he mentioned her name! And referred to a model as “beautiful.” Smoking gun!

    I guess I must be missing something here about the significance of this revelation.

    My basic thought here is that the Republicans sure are good at playing the media. (Or equally the media sure is good at being played.)

  4. Where in this story did Frankin deny knowing the accuser?
    How is this a thing?

  5. So what is this supposed to mean. Nobody is saying they don’t know each other. They worked on the same USO tour, they were co-hosts, whatever that means, she is beautiful and calling her beautiful is what show business people do. I don’t get it.

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