Justin Fairfax, who is in line to succeed embattled Gov. Ralph Northam (D), Sex Assault Allegations.

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Here we go. It looks like Virginia's Governorship is in the GOP ratfuck cross hairs.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Again Denies Sexual Assault Allegation, Suggests Political Hit Job

RICHMOND, Va. ― Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) vehemently denied a sexual assault allegation against him that resurfaced late Sunday, arguing it was timed to derail his potential ascent to the governorship.

“This allegation is completely false,” Fairfax said at an impromptu press conference in the Capitol rotunda on Monday afternoon.

“I’ll be 40 years old next month. I have lived 40 years accusation-free. And there’s a reason for that,” he said. “And there’s also a reason, at the moment when people ... think that there’s a possibility I might be elevated to the governorship ― it’s at that point that they come out with the attacks and the smears.”

The woman accusing Fairfax of sexual assault has claimed he forced her to perform oral sex during an encounter that began consensually at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Fairfax maintains the encounter was entirely consensual and has threatened legal action to protect his reputation against a claim he called “defamatory.”

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