Matt Schlapp, a prominent conservative leader and ally of former President Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October.
Matt Schlapp speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 27, 2021.Jonathan Allen
Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, is married to former Trump White House aide Mercedes Schlapp. His organization hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, a crucial proving ground for Republican presidential hopefuls. As the two men began to drink, the staffer said, Schlapp apologized for the bar"being dead." The staffer took Schlapp to Manuel’s Tavern, a well-known haunt for Georgia politicos — particularly Democrats — about 15 minutes away.
"Are you uncomfortable looking at me?" Schlapp asked later, making the aide even more uncomfortable than he already was, he said. In short order, he told Schlapp that they had an early morning and it was best to call it a night. "To my shame, I did not say 'no' or 'stop,'" the staffer said in the video, a recollection he repeated in the interview with NBC News."God knows it was not a wanted advance."
"Pls give me a call," came the reply from Schlapp, according to the screen shots. The staffer provided NBC News with Schlapp's phone number to verify that the text came from Schlapp. Schlapp repeatedly called the staffer, who did not answer, according to screen shots of the staffer’s phone log, including twice at 7:53 a.m. and once at 8:09 a.m.
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