Dr. Stabby Turns On His Allegedly Closeted Adviser: Armstrong Williams Isn’t The “Epitome Of Truth”

As his campaign continues to come of the rails, Ben Carson today turned on his longtime adviser Armstrong Williams. Via the Wall Street Journal:

Ben Carson said his top outside adviser and longtime friend Armstrong Williams is dishonest – a failing he also attributed to political opponents and the media that has covered his campaign.

“Armstrong is not necessarily the epitome of truth,” Mr. Carson said during a breakfast with reporters hosted by Bloomberg. “He doesn’t speak all things that are correct. He often speaks without thinking. He has no official capacity in the campaign whatsoever. His influence has been vastly overrated.”

Of negative news coverage, he said, “That level of dishonesty in the press should be something that concerns all of you guys.”

Mr. Carson, who led public opinion polls in early November before his campaign sank amid internal dysfunction and questions about the accuracy of his vaunted biography and his command of foreign policy, said the turmoil in his political team doesn’t disqualify him from running the federal government.

Last month porn magnate Larry Flynt offered a $1M reward to anyone who could prove allegations of male-on-male sexual harassment by Armstrong, who settled one such suit out of court years ago. (Tipped by JMG reader TJ)