Last week I reported that Alexi Giannoulias, the failed mob banker, held a rooftop fundraiser in Washington where supporter Michael S. Kosmas, an attorney for a lobbying firm, intimidated a Republican video tracker.But Politico reports there is a lot more to this story.
The episode, however, did not end there. The tracker contended that he had been invited to the rooftop by a different resident of the condominium building. And that resident accused Kosmas and several other individuals of showing up at her door later that evening, around 11:00 pm, and confronting her "using inappropriate and threatening terms."Kosmas' story is of course different, but since he had intimidated the tracker once, who is to say he'll stop there?
The accusing resident did not open the door at the time but was later escorted by a building security guard to Kosmas' condominium to complain, according to accounts by both parties.
According to a letter sent to the Giannoulias campaign by the woman's attorney, Bobby Burchfield, Kosmas "would not commit to refrain from repeating the situation" and the woman was "knocked on her shoulder: as she walked past him.
"One of Mr. Kosmas' guests answered the door…and commented aloud that 'it’s the bitch from the roof,'" Burchfield wrote of the woman, who he declined to name citing safety concerns. "[She] recognized the man, as well as Mr. Kosmas, as two of the individuals who had knocked on the door earlier in the evening."
Giannoulias has not issued a public apology for his goon's misbhavior.
The Illinois Republican Party has questions for Sen. Dick Durbin and my uber-liberal congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky:
Questions for Dick Durbin and Jan Schakowsky:
1) Will you condemn the Giannoulias campaign event host’s intimidation and harassment of a young woman?Related posts:
2) Do you think the Giannoulias campaign should apologize to the young woman and to all women in Illinois?
3) Do you think the Giannoulias campaign's flippant response to allegations of intimidation and harassment is appropriate?
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