In February 2019, former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, was accused of sexual assault by two women. One of those journalists is Sophia A. Nelson, who now regrets calling for Fairfax to resign. Today I offered a public apology to former Virginia @LGJustinFairfax he was wronged by all of us in the media. #WeRiseTogether https://t.co/Y3z2lJW242 — Justin Fairfax (@LGJustinFairfax) October 1, 2022In the article, Nelson called Fairfax a once “shining, rising star in Virginia politics.” And she admitted her part in helping take him down. Justin Fairfax, former Virginia lieutenant governor, April 7, 2013, (Lee District Democratic Committee) https://www.flickr.com/people/13106421@N03https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en / Sophia A. Nelson, former House Republican Congressional Committee counsel, Iamsophianelson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Iamsophianelson&action=edit&redlink=1https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Source: Washington Post October 10, 2022 22:28 UTC