Lieutenant Governor Virginia Accused Ready to Testify at Impeachment Hearings: Lawyers

Lawyers representing a university professor who claimed that Virginia's lieutenant-governor, Justin Fairfax (D) had sexually assaulted her, had stated that their client was willing to testify when 39 an indictment procedure or to cooperate with the forces of order in connection with an investigation of his claims. Statement Saturday evening, lawyers Debra Katz and Lisa Banks write that Vanessa Tyson is "perfectly prepared" to testify under oath about her claim that Fairfax assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.

"In response to two credible allegations of sexual abuse by unrelated women, Lieutenant Governor Fairfax claimed that the women had lied about what he claimed to be
of consensual sex and tried baselessly and unceremoniously to discredit these women, "Katz and Banks write.

"We are confident that once the Virginia Legislature will have heard Dr. Tyson's heartrending story about this sexual assault, the testimonies of many corroborating witnesses, and evidence of his attempts to induce mistake the public about the Washington Post's decision not to tell a story in 2018, it will conclude that it lacks character, ability and credibility to serve any purpose whatsoever, "they continue.

Tyson's Statement Lawyers represent many renowned Democrats, including the main presidential candidates of 2020, such as Sen. Accuser Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten Elizabeth GillibrandThe Governor of the Lieutenant Governor Virginia complains of Native American homicide attack Trump tells Native American joke about Warren's campaign announcement: "We see ourselves in the countryside TRAIL & # 39; MORE (DN.Y.) called for Fairfax's resignation as a result of allegations of rape of a second woman against Fairfax that were made public this week. A Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates said Friday that parliament was planning to introduce impeachment items against Fairfax, unless it withdraws. The charges against the lieutenant-governor come as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) and Attorney General Mark Herring (D) face their own scandals over past blackface confessions .

"On Monday, I will be presenting dismissal articles from Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax," he wrote on Twitter Twitter's Patrick Hope (D), "he did not resign before that date."

Fairfax was also removed from his position as chairman of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association (DLGA) on Friday following the second charge against him.