A top Senate Republican, Senator Tim Scott, has accused The New York Times and high-level Senate Democrats of working together to delay publishing allegations against Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner until they could do maximum damage.

Allegations Against Platner

Stories and allegations against Platner have been piling up for nearly a year, inflicting incremental damage to his candidacy with each report published. The allegations include unearthed footage of him dancing intoxicated, sporting a tattoo of Nazi iconography on his chest, and a bombshell report that Platner allegedly raped his ex-girlfriend, Jenny Racicot.

A report from The New York Times in June sowed deep doubts among Democrats in Washington, D.C., about his candidacy. The report included multiple women, including Racicot, alleging that Platner knew about his Nazi tattoo well before reports surfaced that he denied, and that he displayed ‘unsettling behavior’ with women and was an intimidating presence with flashes of violence.

Accusations of Collusion

Senator Scott accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and The New York Times of working together to sit on the bombshell story against Platner to buy time to replace him. ‘We should have seen this information long ago,’ Scott said. ‘But what they’ve done is they’ve made a decision to keep him in the race as long as possible so that they had more time to make the necessary change to try to hold onto that power and, frankly, gain power in Maine.’

The Times denied Scott’s claims, with spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander telling Fox News Digital that ‘The Senator’s speculation is flatly untrue.’ However, Scott contended that the story and alleged collusion were ‘critical pieces of the puzzle,’ particularly in the aftermath of Platner’s latest scandal that has seen his entire base of support among Democratic lawmakers and organizations virtually melt away overnight.

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