One of Graham Platner’s top political advisers said he and others suggested Platner drop out of the Maine Senate race when they “became aware of the rape allegations.”
“As soon as the team became aware of the rape allegations against Graham Platner we advised he suspend his candidacy, and in the following days worked to wind down the campaign,” Democratic strategist Morris Katz wrote on X on Thursday. “Like so many of his supporters, I’m deeply disappointed.”
The social media post is Katz’s first public comment since POLITICO’s report Monday that a woman said Platner forced her to have sex with him, which he denies.
Katz also confirmed in a…
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