Herman Cain accused a former consultant to his unsuccessful 2004 Senate campaign, Curt Anderson, of leaking damaging information about past sexual harassment allegations against Cain.
Anderson, who is now an adviser to Rick Perry, denied the charge in an email to POLITICO's Jonathan Martin:?"I?ve known Herman Cain for about 7 years. I was one of several consultants on his Senate race in 2004 and was proud to help him. I'd never heard any of these allegations until I read them in Politico, nor does anything I read in the press change my opinion that Herman is an upstanding man and a gentleman. I have great respect for Herman and his character and I would never speak ill of him, on the record or off the record. That's true today and it's not going to change."
Continue ReadingCain's inflammatory charge came in an interview with Forbes:
In the summer of 2003, Cain recalls briefing Anderson?his general campaign consultant at the time?that sexual harassment claims were brought against him while he was chairman of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999.
?I told my wife about this in 1999 and I?ve got nothing to hide,? Cain told me Wednesday. ?When I sat down with my general campaign consultant Kurt Anderson in a private room in our campaign offices in 2003 we discussed opposition research on me. It was a typical campaign conversation. I told him that there was only one case, one set of charges, one woman while I was at the National Restaurant Association. Those charges were baseless, but I thought he needed to know about them. I don?t recall anyone else being in the room when I told him.? ...
Aside from knowing about the alleged sexual harassment accusations, Cain campaign officials point to the timing of Anderson?s hiring by Perry as evidence of his involvement. The campaign announced Anderson?s role on October 24, just a week before Politico broke the story.
Does he regret telling Anderson about it? ?I don?t regret it at all,? Cain says. ?The guy who was supposed to help with strategy should know everything. I put it on the table right from the get go. I wasn?t trying to hide it.?
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