Records from the Alexandria City (Virginia) Courthouse indicate a widespread investigation into CPAC relating to accusations that the organization’s involvement and potential cover-up of multiple sexual harassment by the group’s chair, Matt Schlapp, the Daily Beast reports.
Officials at CPAC, including one who reportedly oversaw the destruction of official documents related to at least two complaints male staffers filed with the organization’s leadership complaining about groping and sexual advances by Schlapp, who has made a career and gets $600,000 per year to incite anger about conservative culture wars they make up, like openly gay men corrupting others.
Lynne Rassmussen, CPAC’s manager of strategic initiatives, received a subpoena after staffers said she directed interns to shred documents after CPAC staffer Carlton Huffman detailed an attack by Schlapp and provided emails and text messages supporting his claim. The shedding reportedly happened after CPAC and Schlapp were both advised that a legal case was pending, making the destruction of potential evidence charges in play.