“The harassment began soon after a report by a 19-year-old intern, who alleged an Idaho lawmaker raped her, became public. One state representative sought a copy of the police report and made inquiries into how the young woman herself could be referred for criminal charges for reporting the alleged rape. Another shared links to a far-right blog post that included the intern’s name, photo and personal details about her life with thousands of people in a newsletter and on social media.”
“And members of a far-right, anti-government activist group tried to follow and harass the young woman after she was called to testify in a legislative public ethics hearing. ‘I can take criticism. I can take people laying out their opinion on me,’ the intern told The Associated Press in a phone interview Sunday evening. ‘But this, it’s just overwhelming.’ The AP doesn’t name people who report sexual assault unless they agree to be publicly named. The intern asked to use the name ‘Jane Doe,’ which is the name she testified under during a legislative ethics committee hearing last week. The investigation into then-Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, a Republican from Lewiston, underscores why many alleged sex crimes go unreported” – AP.