Texts Support Groping Allegations Against Matt Schlapp

CNN reports:

CNN reviewed a text exchange between the staffer and a friend in politics, where the staffer is clearly upset and wondering how to tell the campaign that one of their surrogates had allegedly assaulted him. The exchange is being made public for the first time.

“He’s pissed I didn’t follow him to his hotel room,” the staffer wrote. “I’m so sorry man,” the acquaintance responded. “What a f**king creep.” The staffer later texted, “I just don’t know how to say it to my superiors thst heir [sic] surrogate fondled my junk without my consent.”

The staffer, an experienced political strategist who has worked on a number of high profile national and statewide campaigns has asked that his identity be withheld because of concerns over professional backlash. However, he says he will come forward if Schlapp publicly refutes his claims,

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