Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Holds Pre-Scheduled Meetings With Democratic Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Graham Platner held pre-scheduled meetings with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday after leaked sexually explicit text messages allegedly sent to women who were not his wife surfaced.
pbs.orgMaine Senate candidate Graham Platner met with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The meetings had been scheduled in advance. The visits occurred after sexually explicit text messages that Platner allegedly exchanged with women who were not his wife were leaked.
CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reported on the meetings and the timing relative to the leaked messages.
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